Is vulnerability weakness or is it strength, actually? Vulnerability exposes your weaknesses. Therefore it exposes you. The real you, complete you: which is not just a fragmented, “perfect” you — but one which is complete: including your weaknesses. Therefore vulnerability exposes you to criticism. Therefore it exposes you to the (UN)TRUTH. It exposes you …
Category: Spirituality
To Judge or Not To Judge
Update 2024.05.26: I have since written a more pragmatic take on the subject: To Judge or Not To Judge (#2) There’s observing And then there’s judging and comparing and labelling Indeed you must judge. Judge those you work with. Judge who to trust. Judge the potential dangers. Indeed you must compare. This is …
Humour Is Fitness
Humour is fitness There is no stupid humour There is no stupid humour There are only stupid men Like there are unfit men And fit men And intelligent men And adept men And fertile men (Fit men and fit women and intelligent men and intelligent women and adept men and adept women and fertile …
You Mismanage You
Your hopes about you cause you to misperceive, misjudge yourself When you don’t understand you — you don’t know how to deal with you; You don’t know how to manage you; Therefore you mismanage you; You don’t capitalise on your strengths — because you’re too busy making up for your weaknesses …
The Time Manifesto
THE GOAL: The goal is to LIVE RIGHT NOW. The goal is to LIVE CONSCIOUSLY right now. This is the foundation. Tomorrow you die. Today you live. But what does it exactly suggest about how we should live? To be conscious is to be conscious of the characteristics, details, attributes… One such characteristic of …
If Life Doesn’t Humble You…
If life doesn’t humble you then you’re not challenging yourself How does one grow prideful, arrogant? By thinking he’s doing (so) well When does one think he’s doing well? Usually one thinks he’s doing well AFTER he DID DO WELL, with something And this sense of “doing well”, sense of contentment about oneself, it …
To Not Be a Hater Is Already To Be Ahead
To not be a hater is already to get ahead. To not be a critic is already to get ahead. To not be a sceptic is already to get ahead. Sceptics, at best, see flaws but don’t see solutions. They may be right about the visible flaws but they have no clue about the …
Gratitude and Inspiration
You want to be grateful, AND inspired. You don’t want to be dissatisfied, and ambitious. Dissatisfied means not satisfied. There’s something to be satisfied in life about — but you are not. The gift of life alone is something to be happy for — but you are not. Ambitious means NEEDING. It’s a …
What To Do Before You Die
When you: -do your best -ALWAYS seek to still do better, never satisfied -stay utterly humble: perfectly separated from your work, verily just an instrument of god (or world, or devil, or money, or muse, or destiny, you name it) -ITERATE LIKE FUCKING CRAZY -and get lucky +aren’t crazy (we all are a little) then …
You Can’t Change Because You Can’t Own It Publicly
To change is to make changes You don’t make changes in a vacuum. The changes you make, the actions you take — are NOTICEABLE not invisible, not in a vacuum, not “secret” (your business-changes are visible in the business world, your social changes are visible in your social life, social circle, your community, …