The preachers mindset is telling us "I have already found the truth and my job now is to convince everyone of what I know to be true". The prosecutors mindset is telling us "I'm trying to win an argument which means, I must prove you wrong". The politicians mindset is telling us "I'm going to... Continue Reading →
"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all of our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
When we are young, we have no choice. Our imagination is all that we have. There is no past. There is nothing to reminisce. There is nothing to morn. There is nothing to hold on to. But soon, without counsel, we are nudged forward. Forward into experience. Into discovery. Hope. Love. Loss. And all those... Continue Reading →
Last night, I felt it happening and this morning - it has become a challenge to speak.
I sound like I'm 80 years old, possibly a woman, holding back a cry.
"When they go low, you go high"
I fear this mentality does the inverse of what we would hope.
It creates a sense of patience with our immediate routines while creating an inevitable frustration and impatience with our long term vision.
When realistically it should be the opposite.
A mistake made more than once is a decision. Do you agree?
Perhaps this feeling is not trying to pull you back to your past, but pull you into a future you internally want to see manifest.
Something you may not have had the courage to do in the past but something you are ready to embody or 'be' now.
If someone offers you a gift, and you refuse the gift - to whom does the gift belong to?
As human beings, we have a deep rooted desire to be right. To have the answer.
And not only have the answer, have the answer quickly.
While there is some utility in being efficient, I feel we often times misappropriate too much value and correlation between speed and effectiveness.
