Wisdom from the imagination...

 I sit here on Christmas morning wondering...

What do we miss because we are too busy? What if it's missed because our focus is off? Maybe it's missed because it doesn't fit our plan or our dream but what if it's a dream we haven't had yet? What if we missed it because we didn't realize letting go of what we had was the right thing to do? We could perform this question and wonder what happened for the rest of our lives but we might miss.... see how easy it is...

We have to understand there are no questions that don't have answers. The persistent problem is, we are continuously trying to adjust the answers and turn them into what we want or think they should be. If we just accepted the answers as they exist then we can progress the answer to the next level or build from the answer until we get to the next question. If we build to the next question we actually can map progress getting to whatever the answers bring. 

None of this eliminates choices. The question is asked. It is pondered and analyzed. As we work toward the answer we begin to discover multiple choices and more than likely we misinterpret those choices as being in our control. So we make the choice that is favorable to us or so we think and we begin a journey. We begin to manipulate our position to give us the choices we want, thinking we are working towards achieving an answer that gives us the outcome we wanted all along. The truth is, if we just made a choice and head the direction that choice presents we might travel further faster, but we have to be willing to stop if we seem to be going in a direction we don't enjoy. The thing is, when we decide to go back and re-examine the question and we choose another path we must realize that without taking chances what may have appeared to be the wrong path actually could have been the right path all along. 

Ultimately we need to be accurately prophetic to see the outcome before the beginning. This isn't a new concept. It's existed longer than man has been alive. What this describes is God. God sees the end before the beginning. If we could do this we would map our lives to build the end we see and not the life that requires faith to achieve the end we were designed for. What does all this lead to? Faith, courage, hope, surrender. Everything God tells us to have. Trust. If I see a horse in a field and I think he's got potential then I can see that horse winning the Kentucky Derby. Is it possible? Not likely. Is the horse I see in the pasture bred and trained to win the Derby? No. So what should I see? If I look at the truth that horse was meant to be a fun ride for some young girl or boy. To be their friend. To take them from point A to point B and to bond with them. Does the horse want to win the Kentucky Derby? No, this horse is happy to see that boy or girl walking into the pasture with the halter and a handful of oats. He is content to walk in relationship with his quality of life and live it the best he can.

I don't think any of this is to make a point. The intention hopefully is to engage thought that will lead to some evaluation of our current circumstances. With the evaluation maybe we'll get some clarification and see something we didn't see before that simplifies the perplexity of not seeing things from the end to the beginning. Simplify your choices. Don't make them so complicated. Choose a path. Walk forward. You'll never know till you try it. Stop trying to manipulate outcomes to fit your ideologies. Take a journey. I truly hope you find what you didn't know you needed. 

What if an INFP found an ENFP or an EFNP found an INFP? Might be the perfect discovery. Don't complicate it. Just be the INFP or the ENFP without manipulating either to fit an ideal. Walk it out. Might be the best thing that ever happened. Simplify it. Do what it takes. Get on the plane. Whatever it takes.

I've been thinking about quotes I like...

Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr Seuss:

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams"

"There are so many things you can learn about, but you'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut."

Unknown:

"Every man needs a woman when his life is a mess because, just like in a game of chess, the Queen protects the King."

"If you want to make everyone happy, don't be a leader - sell ice cream."

"Finally realized I was never asking too much, I was just asking the wrong person."

Paul Klee - "a line is a dot that went for a walk"

Rudyard Kipling - "I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity"

Jordan Peterson - "A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very, dangerous man who has it under voluntary control."

Theodore Roosevelt - "Complaining about a problem without offering a solution is called whining."

Johnny Depp - "People cry, not because they are weak. It's because they've been strong for too long."

J R R Tolkien - "It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons."

Don Quixote - "I do not insist that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin."

Gianni Crow - "Grandfather says: When you feel powerless that's because you stopped listening to your heart, that's where power comes from."

Johann Sebastian Bach - "I play the notes as they are written but it is God who makes the music."

Ernest Hemmingway - "The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed."

Unknown - "Listen and Silent are spelled with the same letters. Think about it."

Winnie the Pooh - "I haven't forgot... I just can't remember."

Unknown - "Long before Zaccheaus couldn't see Jesus the tree was already planted to meet his need."

I'll continue this another day.....

Merry Christmas in spite of COVID...

Laters,