I help busy people do inner work.
We hunt so we can eat.
And while eating is the goal, it isn’t the eating that makes us better hunters…
It’s the starving that does.
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P.p.s. Grateful for the starving days. I’ve become a much better hunter as a result.
When you’re out to eat at a Mexican restaurant and the casual dinner vibe unexpectedly transitions into an upbeat dancing vibe—fully equipped with a live DJ and Salsa dance instructor—you squeeze the juice out of that moment and get up and take the Salsa dancing class.
P.s. And if you can’t get yourself to dance… reflecting on why is a great inner work prompt.
Amor fati means “love of fate” or “love of one’s fate.”
My question for you is: Can you fall in love with your fate?
Not the fate that lies in the future, but the fate that has already revealed itself to you today; up until this point; in this moment.
And not just the fate that reveals present moments that are easy to enjoy, but also those that are misery-inducing and hard.
…Can you fall in love with that fate?
The thing about love is you can’t be selective with it because that isn’t how love works.
Love is unconditional. Love is kind. Love is overflowing, ever shining, and always trying to find its way into the darkness—it’s precisely what isn’t selective in who/what it radiates outward towards.
Because the thing about hating your fate is that it’ll lead to a ton of internal argument, inner resistance, and unnecessary suffering. Hating your fate is the person who:
This isn’t to say you shouldn’t have feelings—quite the opposite.
It’s to say meet each challenge with love rather than hate; embrace what arises rather than exasperate it; accept what’s out of your control (middle fingers, getting reprimanded/dumped, behavior of others, etc.) and focus on controlling what’s inside of it (e.g. how you respond).
Can you meet each present moment—your fate—with love rather than hate?
I suspect, those who can, will carve for themselves a life path that is night-and-day different from those who can’t (or choose not to).
When walking the path of nature, how many obstructions do you come across?
Fallen branches, protruding tree roots, oversized rocks, ditches, water ways…
And yet, when you’re on a hike—none of this surprises you. Obstructions are expected.
And so you carry on, weaving around, stepping over, ducking under—mindfully making your path forward without carrying any of the extra weight on your mind that might normally arise when an obstruction arises in your worldly path. And the experience is a joy.
Maybe this is a lesson we can learn from hiking.
Maybe we can expect obstructions in our day and look at them not as an irritation, but as an opportunity to overcome and explore. And maybe if we practiced mental hiking more often, we’d carry less weight on our minds and get further along on our paths.
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Be kind on your way up; you might cross paths with some of the same people on your way down.
Be kind on your way down; you might cross paths with some people who might be able to help you up.
In short: be kind; always.
Knowing I’m going to die, I hustle to unleash my full potential while I can.
Knowing I’m still alive, I slow down so I don’t miss the life that’s right in front of me.
Somewhere in between the two is a dance.
Knowing this, I practice my two step and slow hustle my way forward at each chance.
P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.
I often find myself stuck Somewhere in the middle Of capture and surrender Of live now and remember Of render and let it be I don’t often feel Like I get it quite right Like how to remember What wasn’t captured Or fully absorb What’s seen from a screen But every now and again I capture a moment Or surrender to a scene And briefly find my footing As I rebalance to the rhythm Of life’s precious beat
P.s. This poem was inspired by this picture.