Wisdom is lacking without the human touch.*
Viktor Frankl
You are strong, self-sufficient, you make time for reading, thinking, quiet contemplation, meditation or prayer. This will not cost a penny.**
Tom Hodgkinson
It’s tempting to
turn the TV on,
Doomscroll, or
pour a drink
in much the same way we seek
to distract a bored child,
But wisdom suggests
we care more
and spend a little time
with ourselves.
*Viktor Frankl’s The Will To Meaning;
**Tom Hodgkinson’s Business For Bohemians.
The arch villain of curiosity is certainty. If you think you know, you won’t think to ask.*
Monica Guzmán
*Quoted in Rob Walker’s The Art of Noticing blog: Keeping it simple.
“Interest” comes from the Latin “interesse,” that is “to be in-between.” If I am interested, I must transcend my ego, to be open to the world, and jump to it: interest is based on activeness.*
Erich Fromm
Every so often,
I’ll be sharing
a portion of the images**
from my colouring book
Slow Journeys in
the Same Direction–
You’re welcome
to print these
for colouring in–
Not quite a labyrinth
but they’ll slow you down.
*Erich Fromm’s The Revolution of Hope;
**Each Slow Journeys page is two pages wide.
I admitted that I was lost. And that was the most liberating thought I ever had.*
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Myth is the transcendent in relation to the present.**
David Kudler
In a deep unfolding world, certainty
isn’t all it’s cracked up to be –
Lostness, doubts, questions –
These are our guides
into the greater fullness
of here and now and each other,
And then it begins again–
*Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s Tiny Experiments;
**Joseph Campbell’s Pathways To Bliss.
How does my project seek to shift part of the culture from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset.*
Seth Godin
Imagination is required for the most important and vital quality of life, the generation of enthusiasm. The word ‘enthusiasm’ means to be inspired by the gods, and the gods, Blake reminds us, come from the imagination.**
John Higgs
It’s your other story–
Accessed by owning who you are – humility,
Thankful for what you have – gratitude,
And imagining how to make these available
to others – faithfulness.
*Seth Godin’s This Is Strategy;
**John Higgs’ William Blake Vs The World;
^For project read story.
Someone says life is hard.
The comedian says, “Compared to what?”
Comedians are philosophers.*
Derek Sivers
If we accept the will will never be able to do everything perfectly, we may start thinking about innovative ways to work within our limitations.**
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
The first elemental truth
of life being hard^ is also
a limitation the universe
is inviting me to play with–
*Derek Sivers’ How To Live;
**Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s Tiny Experiments;
^Richard Rohr’s Adam’s Return: 5 elemental truths (limitations) – Life is hard, You’re not as special as you think, Your life is not about you, You are not in control, You are going to die.
Without a doubt, there can be growth within a stage, but growth from one stage to another usually requires us to doubt the assumptions that give shape to our current stage*
Brian McLaren
I doubt life is simple and easy,
I need to doubt that I am unable to deal with life’s challenges,
I must doubt that life is only hard and ugly,
I will not doubt that life is all of these, and worth believing in.
*Brian McLaren’s Faith After Doubt; the four stages being simplicity, complexity, perplexity, and harmony.
That moment, it imprinted on my heart.
What a gift she gave me.
Mystic.*
Rob Bell
A personal myth delineates an identity, illuminating the values of an individual life. The personal myth is not a legend or a fairy tale, but a sacred story that embodies personal truth.**
Dan McAdams
So many people
inside each of us,
But one more than others–
Perhaps shaped
or maybe received–
lights a path
into some unknown.
*Rob Bell’s Everything Is Spiritual;
**Dan McAdams’ The Stories We Live By.
Only the wounded physician heals.*
Viktor Frankl
There’s a difference between details and clutter…Details are the tools of your craft. Details remind you who you are, where you’ve been, and what your path is.**
Rob Bell
What if my clutter is my detail
and my detail is only clutter
and my pain may be your help
and your help may be my hope?^
*Viktor Frankl’s The Doctor And The Soul;
**Rob Bell’s How To Be Here;
^Here’s the journey of the lines – the rubbish experiences of our lives may be the things that define us, whilst what we think is important to turns out to be rubbish; and the pain from our rubbish may shape us as helpers, and still we need the help of others to help us hope.
THIN|SILENCE 
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