Zen Like a Duck

On the surface, a duck looks perfectly serene. Underneath, it is paddling hard, and that is fine. Nobody needs to see the paddling.

Zen Like a Duck is a pocket-size book of 68 short, gently funny sayings about calm, rest, letting go, and being enough just as you are. Each page holds a single saying, accompanied by simple line drawings of a small duck who has no five-year plan, only a pond.

Four chapters follow the duck through life on the water:

• Float First: trust, rest, and the quiet confidence of being built for this weather
• Water Off a Duck's Back: letting worries, storms, and small waves roll on by
• Nowhere to Be: presence, simplicity, naps, and warm rocks
• Ducks Being Ducks: friendship, belonging, and waddling in your own style

Open it anywhere. Read one page before work, keep it on your desk for the next long day, or tuck it into a bag for when things get choppy. Every saying takes seconds to read and stays with you much longer.

At 4.75 × 6.5 inches, it makes a thoughtful stocking stuffer, get-well gift, coworker thank-you, or small just-because present for anyone who needs reminding that some days you glide, some days you flap, and both count as swimming.

Part of the Calm Pocket Books series from Summer Books Publishers. Collect them all: Zen Like a Duck, Zen Like a Cat, Daily Qigong Wisdom, and Daily Tai Chi Wisdom.