Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn't doing the thing. Hating on other people who have done the thing isn't doing the thing. Hating on the obstacles in the way of doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
Fantasizing about all of the adoration you'll receive once you do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Reading about how to do the thing isn't doing the thing. Reading about how other people did the thing isn't doing the thing. Reading this essay isn't doing the thing.
The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing.
A conversation I once had with a homeless man:
Can I ask you something?
Sure
I'm looking for advice from a stranger.
OK
If someone had stole your stuff, & knocked over your mom's ashes on the ground, could you forgive them?
(I thought for a bit, & said:)
I think if I could forgive myself first, for being in that situation, that might help me to forgive him.
(He allegedly said something in response to this)
The lesson for me is:
Forgiveness is on the other side of vengeance.
π
The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight. - Joseph Campbell
Do the work to prepare to believe.
Then believe.
That's how prayers are answered.
π
I attract all forms of abundance
I magnetize massive amounts of money
I walk wisely in the ways of wealth
You will always be asked to level up, when itβs the most hardest for you to.
In those times, remember:
Itβs only because youβre making it hard.
Let go, & let it flow, easily.
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The breath of the artist is the call of the wild.
The wind of the heart is the sound of regenerative joy.
The taste of the fire is the cool sting of the summer rain.
The soil of life is the ash of anointing, for all to receive.
