Life expresses itself in both overt and covert ways. Nature is powerful both in its ferocity and its quiet adaptability. We can give by giving, and we can give by receiving. We can attack with action and with the absence of it. We tend to associate the qualities we seek with their overt expressions—attention is […]
Overt and covert forms of power Read More »
Sometimes what we’re most looking for is what we already have. What we miss the most is what’s already there.
Water to fish, air to birds Read More »
Our minds are primed to spot patterns. Patterns of expression, patterns of behaviour, patterns of being. Processing new information is one of the most metabolically intensive activities and our brains have evolved to mitigate that by developing mental shortcuts. Heuristics enable us to take in, interpret and react to information in efficient ways. The learn
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The part of us that’s asking to go is not who we are. The part that’s asking to go is the scared, fragmented, fearful side of us.
There are two types of worth: relative and absolute. Relative worth is the conventional worth that we associate with achievement, success, appreciation, status. Its perceived value increases when certain criteria are fulfilled and it decreases if we fail, struggle or stagnate.
Relative and absolute worth Read More »
Conventionally, we want proof in order to trust. This is the ego. Scared and in need of reassurance. Real trust is unconditional. It’s a leap of faith into the unknown. It’s independent of proof and it’s about trusting that life, in ways that are beyond the capacity of what we can intellectualise, knows what it’s doing.
A friend recently asked me what I made of the following: an acquaintance of his whom he’d recently met at an event, had messaged him asking for the name of a book he’d mentioned. My friend read the behaviour as slightly disrespectful: they’d reconnected at the event, after sharing a common experience, and rather than
The meaning between the lines Read More »
It’s taking decisions for somebody else.
Not wanting to offend is offensive Read More »
We often say that something is simple but powerful. And in many ways this is a misnomer. Things are often powerful because they are simple.
Simplicity is a superpower Read More »
Ready is nebulous. It’s a sliding scale. There’s no upper limit to readiness, and there’s no lower limit either.
You’re ready when you aren’t Read More »