An Invitation to Grow
Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.
– Rumi
Month: October 2025
Don’t Want To
You stay stuck when you’re not fairly and clearly considering the two conflicting or competing wants. If you treat one of those wants as “morally bad” or “weak,” you’ll stay stuck because you’re not facing the belief that’s causing you pain.
Killing Improvements
“You’ve given the company the equivalent of a developer for free. Odds are you probably won’t get a bonus, raise, or promotion. The company will thank you for your efforts, pocket the productivity gain, and revise targets and goals upwards based on the new improvements.”
Squeezed
What comes out of an orange when you squeeze it?
What comes out of you when you’re squeezed?
Grey
People need familiar shapes and touchpoints to navigate in the grey, just like being able to see outlines of furniture when you’re walking through your living room at 3am.
When you’ve just moved in to a new place, you don’t have it all muscle-memory-mapped, and you bump into the ottoman. Live there a few years, and you set a course through obstacles without conscious thought.
What would happen
Can you stop listening to the voice inside your head that criticizes and invalidates you? Tell it to pipe down.
Patience
How many times have you wished you were more patient? Or regretted acting in reaction to something, not response? First, congratulations on being human. You, like everyone, live in a world that rewards and reinforces speed and rapid action – provided it’s the “right” action. It can be amazing to see someone make a momentous … Read more