Today, I learned...
...I am too hasty too often. Missing the posted signs at a parking garage rewarded me with an $11 parking ticket this morning! The military adage, "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" is apropos. I have to slow down. Slow down my scattered thoughts. Slow down trying to multi-task like I'm 10 people in one. Slow down, period. And slowing down doesn't mean being less assertive. It simply means being intentional...and intentionally aware. What slowly becomes smooth will eventually become efficient; thus, faster. And as I wrote in an early post, "speed has its own mass."...the allusion to God-ordained instincts read in the anecdote describing God's provision for the "bird's of the air" (as paraphrased from Oswald Chambers), also supports the contention that, even more so, I possess God-ordained instincts. Becoming increasingly more instinctual instead of blithely “seeking God" - a too often used euphemism for lack of positive action (usually out of fear, laziness, selfishness, lack of discipline, even arrogance) - I will more effectively "live up to what I have already attained."
...I live on a bungee cord between Pollyanna and Chicken Little. For a time, my optimism and positivity can "peg the needles" towards Pollyanna. I'm confident, aggressive, and visionary. Then tension in the cord starts pulling me back towards Chicken Little, where I start looking for cover from the celestial debris I'm sure will come raining down at any moment. I become quiet, hesitant, even angry. I know this pendulum swings for everyone; but I vow to attack it every day. I want to play in Polly's playpen, not shovel Chicken Little's chicken sh**.
Day is done. I'm excited about tomorrow's lessons.
So, what, if anything, did you learn today? Let me know.
1 comment:
I meant to comment on yesterday's post, but obviously didn't...that said, here go my thoughts for the moment. First off-thanks for the challenge to live/learn more intentionally. The wheels are spinning more rapidly in my head now.
As far as what I've learned in the past day or two, there aren't a lot of things that stand out. One random thing I learned is that the Ninevites apparently had some legends of a fish-man in their mythology...possible Jonah connection? Hmmm.
Right now I'm reading a book called "The World is Flat", about financing, outsourcing, and other things I don't really understand. Well-written and interesting though, and I think there can be broader applications for some of the concepts the book talks about. I'm still trying to clarify in my own mind exactly what those applications are though.
God bless. :)
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