We need not always
know
before we
do.
In fact,
knowing
can sometimes prevent us
from doing the very thing
that will help us learn
what we need
to know.
Category: Short Form
Goal vs Vision
Vision
is what you’re looking at
without needing
to reaching it.
Goal
is something
you reach.
You can turn your vision
into a goal,
but you can also focus
on a vision
without making it
a goal,
because focus
gives us direction
and that may be
enough.
Mistakes
Sometimes
we wonder to ourselves
why we have to make mistakes
to learn what others
already seem
to know.
Without realizing
that they, too,
may have had to make
the same mistakes,
just earlier than us.
Or that they have yet to learn,
but merely come across
as if they’ve learned
given the luck
and grace
of their circumstances.
Disrespect & Distrust
We sometimes
take on the burden
of someone‘s expectations
while that someone
is proactively making an effort
to not expect.
May we become aware
that doing so
can be to disrespect
that person‘s efforts
because of our own inability
to trust the sustainability
of that person‘s
efforts.
Pacing
When confronted
with daunting distance
our desire to complete a race
can cloud our need
to take things
one step
at a time.
Workaholic
Sometimes
we judge ourselves
a workaholic,
because after hours and hours
of work
we still feel
like we should work
more.
But upon reflection,
we may realize
that had our hours and hours
of work
fulfilled our need
to make progress
we may not feel like
we should work
more.
Meaning of Work
“How can you be working
given what you’re going through?”
he asked.
“You don’t understand.
Work
is the only thing
helping me get through.”
she answered
Resentment vs Wonder
Resentment may judge
“I shouldn’t have to
do that.”
Wonder may ask
“I wonder what I can do
instead?”
Hiring & Being Hired
If we have an outcome
we want to see happen
by hiring,
not merely a job description
to match,
may we take responsibility
for clarifying and communicating
what that is.
If we wish to fulfill the purpose
for having been hired
instead of merely offering skills
and completing tasks,
may we take responsibility
for discovering and clarifying
what outcome
we were hired
to realize.
Selfish vs Altruistic
The quicker
we free ourselves of the judgment
that we are doing something
for
others
and admit
that we are doing something
because we feel
pleasant emotions
knowing what we did
mattered to others,
the quicker we can go beyond
the dualistic paradigm
of selfish
vs altruistic
and begin the creation
of a virtuous cycle
or the destruction
of a vicious cycle.