The goal:
Exploration, fulfilment and growth. In any and every way, any and every moment, to understand, accept and become better.
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– A stoic essay –
The Goal: Sustainable, outwardly free-flowing creativity beyond fear and ego.
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This right now is the most exciting time of your life.
Be careful. But not too careful.
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There was once a time and a place where the term ‘dance’ was synonymous with the term ‘tap-dance’. Tap was at the forefront of artistic innovation; you weren’t considered a dancer if you didn’t tap.
I sometimes catch myself wishing that I had lived in this time.
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We are each, in some way, holding ourselves back.
Fear plays a role in our lives equally crucial and detrimental. It’s always there, waiting in the wings if not centre stage in our mind.
Ultimately, fear is trying to help. And it does. It stops us from casually strolling off a cliff, investing in bad business decisions, and protects us from embarrassment and humiliation. Mostly.
However, it also safeguards us (and the rest of the world) from our own selves. It prefers safety, comfort and contentment. Discomfort, uncertainty and risk-taking are not acceptable, and it will work hard to ensure we don’t go down these paths.
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Take a moment to think about the size of the universe into which we’ve had the good fortune of being born.
Christopher Hitchens, the writer and orator, summed it up beautifully in the opening sentence of a speech he made in 2011. At the time, cancer had taken hold of his body – he knew he was in his final months of life.
For a few milliseconds of cosmic time, our species has lived on one very very small rock, in a very small solar system that’s a part of a fantastically unimportant suburb in one of an uncountable number of galaxies.
– Christopher Hitchens
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When you view the world with time as your most valuable asset, then life will change in a way that will make your time better.
That is what you are truly spending. Every moment of every day. We are always choosing.
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