Pretty sure this is my longest gap between posts. It’s not that I don’t have any ideas, it’s that I haven’t had the chances to sit still quietly or the headspace to do anything with the ideas. Here’s at least a mishmash of little things since it’s been a while.
As I age the idea that it’s all in our minds grows stronger and stronger. Recently, I have been recovering from a surgery and the mental part of it has been as important as the physical. Our body will respond to what we put it through but we have to have the mindset to do that work. When your body is screaming “no” then your mind echoes “no” you have to be able to ignore them both and push past those false limits.
We can’t wait for things to be perfect. Perfect will never get here. Our lives are happening now, right in front of us.
How often are we able to turn off or at least turn down the constant background noise? It’s the mental background noise that I’m talking about. “What am I going to do next?” “I have this, this, and this to do today.” “I need to be here at this time but still do this before I leave.” Sometimes it feels like I’m not living. I’m just checking off boxes on my mental to do list. Are we living when we’re just chasing a to do list? I don’t think so. We have to turn down the volume on that mental background noise in order to really hear and really live.
I love an easy, steady rain on a Spring or Summer day. It sets a mood.
The sweet spot between putting no limits on ourselves and having no expectations on ourselves is the key to high achievement. That allows us to be fully engaged in the moment without any pressure of expectations or any filters from what we think our limits are. The pressure of expectations and the cloud of self-imposed limits get in between us and the moment. To see the moment clearly we need to be looking at the moment, not looking at expectations or limits.
I don’t know who said this. I’ve heard it or read it several times. I’ve always liked it and came across it again recently. “Don’t lose sight of what you have while chasing what you want.”
Somewhere, somewhen, our idea of how to handle ourselves got a little screwed up. The idea that it’s a sign of weakness to cry or to admit to feeling down is strange. We shouldn’t cry if we’re sad but we can yell at someone because we’re angry they pulled out in front of us in traffic? How is losing yourself to anger a sign of strength? Feeling our emotions and being in tune with them is not weakness, it is authenticity. Giving away our self-control to whatever emotion overtakes us is weakness. Too many of our “leaders” speak out of anger. I don’t want leaders who are ruled by their emotions. I want leaders who are aware of their emotions, are not ashamed of their emotions, but are still able to stay in control of themselves despite their emotions.