Good Monday Morning all my friends.
Why? Why am I here? Why did I do that? Why did that happen? Why hasn’t that happened? Why did he or she do that? Why do we have wars? Why do we have peace?
We all ask ourselves a “Why” question or a dozen every day. Then we occupy the following moments trying to explain to ourselves why we asked why, and come up with a plausible explanation of why. “Why” is puzzle that demands solving, and in many cases the “Why” of something is beyond our ability to explain. That doesn’t stop us from answering every “Why” with something that fits our mind set at that moment. If we didn’t come up with a convincing answer for “Why”, would we get stuck? Is that why we create an answer that satisfies us whether it is correct or not?
Look up a Mobius Strip in a dictionary or on line. It is a one-sided loop of paper. The ultimate “Why”. We can never say exactly where we started drawing a “Why” line on a Mobius, only that with one of our first conscious thoughts we started a never ending “Why”. Circular logic completes a “Why” answer to a “Why” question. Our mental process demands connection and completeness. Is that “Why” we are irritated when we are incapable of answering someone else’s “Why” to their satisfaction? Is that “Why” the group mind is only partly happy with the consensus answer for “Why”?
Our lives seem consumed with discovery of the ultimate “Why” answer for an ultimate “Why” question that will universally satisfy every one’s perception of “Why”, immediately and forever. “Why” do we even think that is possible?
“Why” am I writing this? “Why” must you ask?
Why not have a great week.
Sincerely;
Steven L. Johnson
Monday, March 27, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Good Monday Morning!!
“Beware the Ides of March”! Everyone knows this phrase and its ominous portend to Julius Caesar. Whether the events occurred as revealed in the plot of Shakespeare’s play or not we must decide for ourselves. The Ides of March will still come, and how it plays on the greatest stage of all, your life, is your decision. Is it a time to dread or rejoice? Excuse the pun, but time will “March” through the Ides of every month.
If we look at the overall play it is a tragedy, as many of his plays are. The tragedy is not that he was stabbed by friend and foe, but that Julius Caesar determined his goal, planned his course, committed assets toward his goal, then failed to reassess his path to insure his plan was still reasonable and the goal reachable. To me it seems a contradiction that so great a strategist and statesman as Caesar broke one of the most obvious rules for success, changing his plan to fit the circumstances. You could say the Seer that warned him was a Business Guru or associate intimate with the plan advising caution and reevaluation.
I think if we are honest and use our Twenty-Twenty hide sight vision we can see, in every failed endeavor, the obvious mistake we were blind to before it happened. We can see the associate or friend that was our seer warning us to take a moment before the “Ides” of our plan and make much needed adjustments. Look closely at your personal story’s, think how you can learn from each and every “tragedy”. Then rewrite your story, your plan, your goal, and be better aware and accepting of criticism and advice.
I read somewhere that Objective Thinking can only be achieved by combining the perspective or points of view from several different minds. How can you see the entire sphere of influences when you can only see a straight line to its core, that reveals but one point on that central idea? And, the core idea mutates because subjected to everything that influences the sphere? Even when your peripheral vision sees other things of consequence that affect the overall plan, you can still only see one point of the results.
It takes practice to be so flexible with a goal and plan that is your possession. Most often it stays just a possession, and never becomes a reality. I’ve found that success is most easily possessed when shared with others, and everyone’s line of sight to the ever-growing core idea is accepted as valid. Heed all the Seers, assess the value of their words, then adjust things accordingly.
Strategist, Statesman, Leader, Seer, or Caesar. What combination best fits your story? And how will you change the plot for achieving success?
Have a Prosperous and reflective week.
Sincerely;
Steven L. Johnson
“Beware the Ides of March”! Everyone knows this phrase and its ominous portend to Julius Caesar. Whether the events occurred as revealed in the plot of Shakespeare’s play or not we must decide for ourselves. The Ides of March will still come, and how it plays on the greatest stage of all, your life, is your decision. Is it a time to dread or rejoice? Excuse the pun, but time will “March” through the Ides of every month.
If we look at the overall play it is a tragedy, as many of his plays are. The tragedy is not that he was stabbed by friend and foe, but that Julius Caesar determined his goal, planned his course, committed assets toward his goal, then failed to reassess his path to insure his plan was still reasonable and the goal reachable. To me it seems a contradiction that so great a strategist and statesman as Caesar broke one of the most obvious rules for success, changing his plan to fit the circumstances. You could say the Seer that warned him was a Business Guru or associate intimate with the plan advising caution and reevaluation.
I think if we are honest and use our Twenty-Twenty hide sight vision we can see, in every failed endeavor, the obvious mistake we were blind to before it happened. We can see the associate or friend that was our seer warning us to take a moment before the “Ides” of our plan and make much needed adjustments. Look closely at your personal story’s, think how you can learn from each and every “tragedy”. Then rewrite your story, your plan, your goal, and be better aware and accepting of criticism and advice.
I read somewhere that Objective Thinking can only be achieved by combining the perspective or points of view from several different minds. How can you see the entire sphere of influences when you can only see a straight line to its core, that reveals but one point on that central idea? And, the core idea mutates because subjected to everything that influences the sphere? Even when your peripheral vision sees other things of consequence that affect the overall plan, you can still only see one point of the results.
It takes practice to be so flexible with a goal and plan that is your possession. Most often it stays just a possession, and never becomes a reality. I’ve found that success is most easily possessed when shared with others, and everyone’s line of sight to the ever-growing core idea is accepted as valid. Heed all the Seers, assess the value of their words, then adjust things accordingly.
Strategist, Statesman, Leader, Seer, or Caesar. What combination best fits your story? And how will you change the plot for achieving success?
Have a Prosperous and reflective week.
Sincerely;
Steven L. Johnson
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