Something Considered

Advise for Intriguing Mysteries, Learning to Live & Let Live, and Finding the Heart Center, respectively:

"Realize your thoughts through action;"

 "Express yourself without being offensive;"

"Dare to fail."

The aforementioned advise is that of  Gary Goldschneider; the following are my insights of his advice.

The first one especially was considered.  So much is contained in such a short sentence.  Three topics from the sentence to consider were 'realize', 'thought' and 'action.'  The latter was considered first followed by 'thought' and 'realize' last.  

For action I considered the theory of action and response, and spontaneous action.  I found spontaneous action to be perplexing as most actions are responses to prior actions to prior responses and so on.

For thought - I thought - the thought needs to be grounded and clear to realize the desired thought.  Moreover, the thought needs to consider responses to actions.  For me writing out my thoughts is a very real way to clarify and ground my thoughts and to consider the response.

For realize - I realized - the process of thinking and acting is the process for self-actualization!  That is to say to realize something is to manifest it, to actualize it, to accomplish or complete it, to bring it into existence.

Expressing myself without being offensive relates to my fear of myself and how other's responded to a fearful me.  Two positive examples of me expressing a fearful me to another in a positive way include: informing Shawn that I was in a mood and needed to take a moment; informing my supervisor I wasn't feeling well and could only perform certain tasks.  In both instances of the action of expressing myself the persons present responded kindly and were understanding.  This is the new narrative!

Dare to fail is a challenge.  I don't want to fail.  I'm afraid to fail.  The statement 'Dare to fail' is a call to practice to push my practice just a wee bit further.  The statement is a boost for courage for bravery.  The statement is a pat on the back for making an attempt to try for something to take a step.

Love.