Musings

Musings

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Admittedly, I can only base this off personal anecdotes, both negative and positive, but I believe that without self-examination, we become more reactive than proactive, and subsequently waste our ability to initiate and create.

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  3. Good thoughts. I’ve always been of the mindset to check for mistakes I may have made first, before taking any action against someone else.

    I’d hate to get mad at someone for being late to a meeting when it was me who accidentally gave them the wrong hour.

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  4. It’s interesting to me that this is today’s “musing.” 

    Last night, I went through a box that I have been avoiding for a few years now. It was full of things I had written between 2015 and 2022. As it has been for everyone, mine has been quite the journey. I am glad I came across the writings. I am also glad I can look back and reflect on what I could have done differently, and what I have accomplished.

    Perhaps it’s the spring equinox reminding us to reflect and encourage us to keep learning.

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  5. I agree one hundred percent on that one. I think that is why there are so many sheep and so few shepherds. People wil rally around someone to be told what to do, not raise their hand and tell the masses “follow me.”

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    • It’s interesting–this may be cliche, but when I was consumed by the urge to tell others what to do, it was evident, upon reflection, I was really speaking to myself and projecting it on others. Kind of a log in my own eye situation. Ironically, my past lack of self-examination became a point of self-examination later on.

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      • I can attest to that. When I was younger, especially in my late teens into my twenties, I was particularly guilty of that. When I began to really look inward and less outward, I began to see the value in examining and analyzing and changing my self, rather than attempting that on others. I began to realize those “weaknesses” in others were really my own deal. We can’t force anyone else into anything… but we can certainly change our own perception and ideals.

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      • Yes, absolutely. I’ve bought a ton of misery and headache on myself trying to influence others “for their own good.” I’d even have conversations where they’d come to me with a vague plan, I’d help them refine it and they’d agree it was for the best, they’d eagerly start doing it…and then they’d stop. I realized that it’s not about logic or prudence, it’s really their fundamental view and perspective (resonance, frequency, or vibration, if you will). I can’t change that, it’s up to them, and on later reflection, I realize that’s for the best. Because it means I too, am free to shape my perspective how I want, regardless of others’ plans and designs.

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  9. Indeed. We are usually comfortable at home, but when out in that fresh new challenging frontier, we trend to either focus or fold. Artists bloom when watered with adversity & fear. The sleeper must awaken.

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