Seven Spiritualigious Shorts
NOTE TO READER:
When people accomplish something extraordinary, rarely do they claim to have done it alone.
Most folk acknowledge those who helped make their success possible.
And so, I thank you.
This newsletter wouldn’t be a newsletter without you reading it.
I mean, I guess I could write articles and never send them—but that wouldn’t really be a newsletter, would it?
So, I thank you for reading.
I get to do my job because of you.
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Seven spiritualigious shorts
1.
I’m calmer when the captain announces ahead of time that turbulence will begin in about 10–15 minutes and last for about 10–15 minutes.
It comforts me to know what to expect.
Consequently, I try to predict what will happen, influence the future to fit my expectations, or both.
Neither is as good an option as accepting what is.
2.
Working out at the gym, I’ve learned that muscles get stronger when we gradually increase the weight we lift or the number of repetitions we do.
This might be why we are never at peace—the universe wants us to be spiritualigious beefcakes, so it keeps adding little bits of challenge to our lives.
(And let’s not forget to give our worked-out parts time for rest and recovery after a particularly hard lift.)
3.
I know it’s been said that “perfect love casts out fear.”
And, I get it.
I think the inverse is equally true: “Fear casts out love.”
If I weren’t so scared, I would probably open myself up to a bit more love.
4.
We all know that “put your oxygen mask on before helping others” is great life advice.
But what wisdom is there to be had in “keep your seatbelt fastened low and tight around your waist”?
5.
Adapted from Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 15:
“Do you have the patience to wait for your mud to settle and for the right action to arise on its own?”
I often joke that the answer is “no.”
6.
We are called to be human.
No more.
No less.
7.
Nightmares are nightmares when they have three qualities: distress, helplessness, and no sense it will end.
Nightmares are sometimes experienced while awake.
