"Please notify a safe distance"
If any of you know any safes distances, please spread the message.
I don't know what it means either.
Some days are more inspiring than others or perhaps, I am more open to inspiration on some days than others as I am one of those people who does believe that there is always something interesting happening, no matter how boring the transpiring events might be. Today, I think I am just tired after having some extremely broken sleep due to our daughter being ill with a fever.
One of the things that I have learned over the last however many years of blogging daily is that it doesn't really matter if I feel good or bad, whether happy or sad - there is always value in writing. I think this is because for many of us in this world and whether we "have" the time or not, we don't actually "take" the time to think things over to spend a moment with our own mind and reflect on where it is and what it is up to.
A lot of what we do is consumptive and no matter how interesting or important it may be, the way we consume it doesn't give us the space to mull it over and actually think about what it might mean or the ramifications of it.
For an easy example of this, most people watching a movie aren't going to pause the movie every time something interesting or complex comes along, they just let it roll. However, when reading a book, most people will slow their reading or even reread some parts and pause to reflect - the first is a passive thought position that glosses over details, the second is an active process that looks to understand more deeply.
As I have said before, the Einstein position for helping intelligence in children is, "read them fairy tales" is specifically not, show them fairy tales from a screen. This is because it isn't the holding of the story that is important, it is the creative process the mind goes through to build the story in the mind's eye. Far too much of what we consume is already built and *pre-chewed" so we don't have to think much at all. Like any skill, practice improves process and the less we think, the lower the quality of our thoughts.
Thinking skill impacts a great deal of our life including our attitude toward the events we face. The better we are able to process our thoughts, the better able we are able to come to terms with events, develop a strategy and start moving. Emotional recovery time is a large differentiator between people and while some will stay nervous or panicked or angry for longer, those who can reduce this time and start actively developing well, building a solution.
Most of us don't spend much time developing our strategies for the bad times though, as we spend a lot of time daydreaming about what we would do in the good, without recognizing that these positions are connected through our behavior. For me, writing is part of my recovery process in the "less than ideal" times as well as my development process when things are good. As they say, make hay while the sun shines, meaning that one should take advantage of resources while they are available.
While there can be large discrepancies in the amount of resources available, often those who are good at using their resources will outperform those who are poor handlers, but might have a lot more. The less resources one has available of course, the better one wants to be at managing them, because there is less "disposable" to waste - Time being the easiest thing to dispose of and one resource that can't be bought back once used. Perhaps it is best to use time wisely while it is available, which it always is, until it isn't.
For example, while a lot of people will gloss over this post and not think much of it, some others might spend a little thought power and perhaps find a small way to better utilize their time today, maybe do something that adds some value to their lives that they might not have done otherwise.
For me who was feeling quite uninspired when I started writing this, my attitude has changed markedly and I will go into the rest of my day with a little more energy and a mindset that is far more supportive of getting something done, than sitting on the couch. As I said yesterday, if your time on Hive doesn't make you better, you are doing it wrong.
Many people restrict the value of their time on Hive as what they can earn on a post or in comments, but they are missing the true value of the resources available, the ability to compound value streams to affect a far more valuable resource than HIVE, their own behavior. But, on par with the ways of the world and human nature, more people will waste the resources they have than generate value with them and perhaps this is why those who do generate are able to generate so much - as so many others leave their potential on the table, unattended.
Where we pay attention in our lives affects which direction our lives take and when we spend our attention on passive and mindless consumption of the disposable, we are going to end up where we are told to go.
What do you notice about where you are headed?
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
