Asking for Advice

Sometimes,
we need to ask for advice
on how to solve
our problems.

Before asking,
it may be worth getting clear on:

  1. What the current situation is,
  2. Where you’re trying to move to,
  3. What you believe are required
    to make such a move,
  4. What you’ve already done
    to fulfill those requirements,
    and having done them,
  5. What you see
    are the remaining problems.

Deadline

What I learned in art
is that the work gets done
because there’s an exhibition.

Without an exhibition
the artist can work on their piece
until they’re perfect.

Except
compared to perfection
the work
is never be enough.

The role of an exhibition
is to force us to define
what is “good enough.”

Easy to Say

It’s easy to tell others
“be humble.”

Until you experience a moment,
when it feels as if “being humble”
will bring about
your own demise.

It’s easy to tell others
“listen.”

Until you experience a moment,
when you feel so unheard
that you want the other person to listen
first.

It’s easy to tell others
“appreciate.”

Until you experience a moment,
when what you appreciate
is not what they want to feel appreciated
for.