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Thursday, June 16, 2022
Just start.
Just do it.
Read, fire, aim …
Everywhere we look in life, there is a bumper sticker or an advertising slogan marketing to our easiest-to-reach impulses; these are tried and reliable methods of getting our attention, but where is the life lesson in them?
Up before the birds or shortly after, my mornings start with too many routines for most temperments.
Not rigidly adhering to sequence, the morning routine has many essential ingredients, and I touch/do or act on every one of them daily. I never leave any untouched. It’s not a matter of time – I make time, sometimes substantially compressed if I’m in a hurry or running late, but never forgotten.
There is a lesson in that: letting my routine take care of me.
I have to trust that, not just in the morning, to take me through the most boring mundane just as I need it to take me through the stress, the challenges, and the shite we all go through.
When you think about the massive universe, the age of our planet, and the few things which matter AND have a lasting impact on life/humanity/value and values, most of everything we pursue is of tiny consequence or less. We are multi-function devices with a short shelf-life, and knowing that is valuable to retaining our perspective and even more critical in maintaining our balance.
Do what you want to do.
Go where you want to go.
Say what you want to say.
Very little of it will matter to anyone else in the long term – so focus on what matters to you in the here and the now.
Reader feedback:
Thanks Mark. I appreciate that term: freedom of stupidity. The uber-rich, like Musk, seem to have enough money to do whatever they please. Lately, I’ve been wondering whether I’m living in a remake of Animal Farm or 1984, HM, Calgary, AB
Hi Mark. Despite what most people think, we don't have freedom of speech in Canada, not to the extent they do in the USA. Yes, “freedom of expression” is guaranteed by our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but there’s a pretty big loophole nobody mentions. The preamble to the Charter explicitly mentions that this freedom is subject to “reasonable limits.” It doesn’t stipulate precisely what those limits are or who determines them. Bill C11 is going to tighten the shackles as far as that goes. There’s also the other part of the Charter where provincial governments can steamroll any freedom they want, provided they publicly announce that they’re doing so. Just look at Quebec and Bill 96. If Life imitates Art then we are living in Animal Farm, DM, Okotoks, AB
Sounds like a prelude to further revelation explanation. Standing by, RH, Calgary, AB
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