# Be Water, My Friend

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- Book: [Be Water, My Friend](https://www.bookquiver.com/shannon-lee/be-water-my-friend) ([Be Water, My Friend.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/shannon-lee/be-water-my-friend.md))
- Authors: [Shannon Lee](https://www.bookquiver.com/shannon-lee)
- Publisher: Ebury Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7358-362-7
- Published: 2020-10-08
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Bruce Lee's daughter illuminates her father's most powerful life philosophies, and how we can apply his teachings to our daily lives 'Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless like water' Bruce Lee is a cultural icon, world renowned for his martial arts and film legacy. But Lee was also a deeply philosophical thinker, believing that martial arts are more than just an exercise in physical discipline - they are a perfect metaphor for personal growth. In Be Water, My Friend , Shannon Lee shares previously untold stories from her father's life along with the concepts at the core of his teachings. Each chapter reveals a lesson from Bruce Lee, expanding on the foundation of his iconic 'be water' philosophy to reveal a path to an enlightened way of being. This is an inspirational call to action to consider our lives with new eyes and a testament to Lee's unique power to ignite our imaginations and transform our lives. 'A slender, potent book twining her father's timeless philosophies of living with her own reflections' Maria Popova