(IrnMind Mettle Monday | Season of Stillness | October 5/2020)
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(I) *Brutiful Quality Quotation:
“When you start in a new field, your work won’t be as good as your taste. It will take years for your taste & the quality of your work to intersect. Failure is essential. there is no substitute. It is not just encouraged, but required” ~Ira Glass
This is a quote that really hit my heart this week.
I have never been drawn to mediocrity & have always gravitated towards those who display mastery of their craft.
However, this sensibility has also come /w the realization that in order to emulate & evolve my own work while taking inspiration from those masters along the way, requires patience & perseverance ~ a methodical discipline.
My fledgling studies in architecture, cinematography & Afrikan drumming are three such crafts where this quote resonates deeply.
Whatever you work towards, & through all the self doubt that may accompany that process ~ hold fast, stay the course & know that your efforts will be rewarded in due time.
(II) Modern Renaissance Reading:
10 Ways to Find Stillness in Turbulent Times
As we enter the Season of Stillness, & during this particularly testing time. Ryan Holiday lays out a potent philosophical approach to seeking stillness.
(III) Profound (Qu)? to Ponder Upon:
(Qu)? *Perhaps?
There are two main situations in which I have found this simple yet infinite question to be of profound use.
I have found that when conversing /w someone who is hellbent on their opinion being right, & is often seeking validation to solidify said opinion, it is often futile to reason /w them in any way.
I find that simply taking a brief pause & then responding /w, Perhaps, is all that needs to be said. Rather than you introducing anything, it allows them a brief reprieve from their own train of thought & creates a space, however momentarily, where some form of introspection on their own biases may occur.
Rather than you questioning their paradigm of thought, they are lead to question their own, which is far more powerful.
The second being when we are goaded into labeling a situation good or bad. Where I have had the most practice in this arena is my recent foray into the modern dating landscape, which thus far has proven a phenomenal playing field for the implementation of the philosophy of perhaps.
Is it good or bad that a romantic relationship wasn’t formed? Perhaps. Was it good or bad that I didn’t agree /w them on everything? Perhaps. Why are so many women obsessed /w dogs, mountains & tacos? Perhaps…
In essence, what Perhaps represents to me, is taking ownership of searching for truth & deeper meaning in our lives, because If we don’t, who will?
Where could you implement the philosophy of (Perhaps) in your life?
(*Redolent Supplemental Resource)
This philosophy has been adapted from ~ The Parable of the Chinese Farmer
(IV) Brutiful Learning Opportunity as of Late:
Vlog #31 (The Perhaps Puzzle)
*No matter how impossible the path may seem, If you endeavor in noble fashion, /w clear eyes & full heart, the puzzle pieces will fall into place
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