Month: May 2024

The reason is, the more gratitude we have, the more beauty we can see.

The opposite is true too.

The problem with goals, as I wrote yesterday, once you reach it, you immediately seek the next.

The goal wouldn’t be the destination then. Instead, can shift our mindset to the games we play. Which ones we choose and how long can we stay in it.

What we seek is, unfortunately, never found on a treasure map. It is never that easy.

The thing is, humans are complicated creatures in that as soon as they get what they want, they are on the search for the next.

Never satisfied.

And how do we look at money?

As part of the story we tell:

We don’t have enough.

How we spend it.

What opportunities it presents?

What kind of burden it creates?

Money is something we measure and even find meaning in our lives.

We treat time so close to money. Every second we spend is one less we have. I don’t think we realize its effect.

Is that humans already surrender so much agency. Indeed, if someone else will decide for us, we often will let them.

So what happens when AI has found the perfect partner match. Or the perfect sushi restaurant. Or the perfect car to fit your personality.

We might celebrate.

But we also lose a part of what makes us human.

Which is agency.

We don’t always make the right choice but there’s power in making it.

Is that people will always believe what they want to believe.

That’s what makes it faith. Not a science.

You can pick and choose. For better or worse.

The thing about having advantage, position of authority, having responsibility over others…

We are defined by how we use these things.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Everyone is born creative. Can take chances. Is brave.

We just don’t stay that way.

We lose it day by day as we get older.

And then one day we are expected to take that creativity and become something else.

At best, an artist. At worst, a career.

Most emotions are overrated.

Meaning how you feel has nothing to do with what you do.

A life fulfilled is done through your actions.

Many bands will choose to opt out of the encore nowadays. The idea is to leave it all on stage. But really, its an excuse for bands are left in a no win situation. If they don’t do it, fans will leave feeling cheated. Having something taken away is indeed powerful.

The encore should be for the fans that brought it that night for a live show and for the band who gave it. And if one party wasn’t deserving then an encore should not happen.

I’m not sure when it became the standard to automatically expect an encore. But the the surprise is gone. And so is the chance to delight. It was a gift and expecting a gift always kills the gift itself.

By expecting it, we have ruined it. I do miss the chants of, “ONE MORE SONG!” Where a band couldn’t leave without the crowds permission.