Wu Wei or Non-effort

Wu wei is the Daoist idea of acting without effort, or being in the zone.  I have always tried hard at things, well—maybe not so much at math, unfortunately for me–but at most things.  Recently, I have been thinking that trying “hard” hasn’t served me well.  Why don’t I try easily?  I don’t mean forgoing all effort of any kind.  Being in the zone, acting through wu wei, results in the state where things are not too easy and not too hard, just absorbing.  I have been taught by our culture that if I struggle and work hard, I can succeed.  But if I can find my own unique abilities and the way I can serve the world with them, I can dance along my path.  Dancing still requires energy, but the dance is its own reward.  And I don’t even have to follow anyone else’s steps!