This was a good one that resonated on a number of levels. First, because I find myself wondering about some of these topics myself. It seems ever more like life is not a chance to spell your name among the stars, but rather a series of opportunities to always do your best, lifting others up, dusting yourself off, taking every chance to smell a flower, or paint a sunset, or read a good book (or a trashy one), collecting stray bottlecaps, evading and defying the people who try to undercut your confidence, and loving your friends and family with all your might. Second, because you quoted Jubal Early. In a way, his example is apt for this essay. Sure, it seemed like he had the entire situation under control for a while. A person might even find a reason to envy him. Imagine all the skills he had to master to get as far as he did. Consider how easily he subdued each and every one of the crew (except River, his objective). And no spoilers, but his departure unfulfilled speaks volumes. Chasing a dream recklessly is like that. The motley crew defied him. Assemble for yourself a crew like that. Perfectly imperfect. And keep flying.
This was beautifully written, thank you for sharing it. I found it very inspiring because, as you may have intuited, I consider "loving my friends and family with all my might" to be paramount. What a lovely way to phrase it -- your words will stick with me!
I'm glad! I never have any idea of what will resonate with people when I write things like this, but sometimes the compulsion to organize my thoughts on something happening as part of the cultural gestalt overwhelms me and I just can't help myself.
This seems such a universally applicable message to me:
- On Goals and paying attention to who (or what) influences you
- On Productivity and paying attention to who (or what) influences you
- On Fashion and paying attention to who (or what) influences you
- On Consuming and paying attention to who (or what) influences you
Enough, Karen. Stop there.
Our brains mirror those we are exposed to. We build them into our networks' connections. IMHO, we really do need to pay attention to who and what we are (literally) in-corporating and make choices before we caught up in currents it's hard to escape.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and provoking mine.
This was a good one that resonated on a number of levels. First, because I find myself wondering about some of these topics myself. It seems ever more like life is not a chance to spell your name among the stars, but rather a series of opportunities to always do your best, lifting others up, dusting yourself off, taking every chance to smell a flower, or paint a sunset, or read a good book (or a trashy one), collecting stray bottlecaps, evading and defying the people who try to undercut your confidence, and loving your friends and family with all your might. Second, because you quoted Jubal Early. In a way, his example is apt for this essay. Sure, it seemed like he had the entire situation under control for a while. A person might even find a reason to envy him. Imagine all the skills he had to master to get as far as he did. Consider how easily he subdued each and every one of the crew (except River, his objective). And no spoilers, but his departure unfulfilled speaks volumes. Chasing a dream recklessly is like that. The motley crew defied him. Assemble for yourself a crew like that. Perfectly imperfect. And keep flying.
This was beautifully written, thank you for sharing it. I found it very inspiring because, as you may have intuited, I consider "loving my friends and family with all my might" to be paramount. What a lovely way to phrase it -- your words will stick with me!
I really enjoyed this one!
I'm glad! I never have any idea of what will resonate with people when I write things like this, but sometimes the compulsion to organize my thoughts on something happening as part of the cultural gestalt overwhelms me and I just can't help myself.
This seems such a universally applicable message to me:
- On Goals and paying attention to who (or what) influences you
- On Productivity and paying attention to who (or what) influences you
- On Fashion and paying attention to who (or what) influences you
- On Consuming and paying attention to who (or what) influences you
Enough, Karen. Stop there.
Our brains mirror those we are exposed to. We build them into our networks' connections. IMHO, we really do need to pay attention to who and what we are (literally) in-corporating and make choices before we caught up in currents it's hard to escape.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and provoking mine.