Hello Rahaf! Once again thank you for sharing these deep ideas.
These ideas resonates deeply with me this week especially, as I once again tend to struggle with my immediate reaction to events or even little stuff happening in my life. I tend to switch to frantic thoughts about how I can act right away, and these are not calm thoughts. I need to bring out the Meditator in myself, I think this will be my focus at least for the next few days!
I really like this topic. It reminds me of what was discussed in Hustle & Float. Learning to slow down and focus is really important for my mental health and for our actual world.
Thank you for treating that subject and sharing these book summaries with us
I love how you laid everything out so clearly! I have so much “quick to react” in me that it’s my biggest work right now to manage this. I liked the idea of watering the seed of remembering or of forgetfulness and using that as a gentle way to think about what I am “watering” within myself. Sister True Dedication’s contributions about her corporate life (though I don’t work at BBC) are also so relatable. It is bringing hope and presence into me as I read. For a real world way, yesterday at work I was able to calm down a good sized group and take a discussion from a very contentious and intense place to a calm and “reset” space, and I felt as though, at the time, that I was observing myself from maybe just a foot behind my head. Anyway, it was a real life “in practice” moment for me and I was actually surprised it happened. Can’t wait to keep devouring this book and the discussion! ❤️ Thank you for doing all of this!
I am totally with you about the "quick to react." There is something so powerful in realizing there are different forms of strength, that we can be just as grounded in being calm, just as effective in being compassionate - that too is a way of the warrior. I am so looking forward to your comments and to see what resonates with you. Congrats on calming a room- honestly a super power most needed right now.
"Trusting in one's own pace isn't negligence; it's an act of radical self-care. And maybe, just maybe, it's okay to move at a tempo that makes sense to me, to us, amid a world that's lost its metronome." This was the most impactful thought here, for me! It connects to the text, of course, but it's a reminder that trusting one's pace is crucial to being able to shore up the character and inner peace needed to act. Super profound. I also found it helpful that you included concrete examples because some of this can feel very abstract!
I agree, this book is so dense with philosophy that i often find myself wondering how to tangibly incorporate it. Once we're done with the book, i'll summarize the frameworks that I think could be useful to actually live the advice in a meaningful way. Thanks for commenting.
For me too it was one of the most impactful thought. It is something I struggle with because as a child and then student I did everything at a younger age than most; and now in adulthood I judge myself a lot for being "too slow". It takes a lot of time to get rid of these false narratives and trust one's own pace. Thank you for sharing how you relate to this idea!
Hello Rahaf! Once again thank you for sharing these deep ideas.
These ideas resonates deeply with me this week especially, as I once again tend to struggle with my immediate reaction to events or even little stuff happening in my life. I tend to switch to frantic thoughts about how I can act right away, and these are not calm thoughts. I need to bring out the Meditator in myself, I think this will be my focus at least for the next few days!
I really like this topic. It reminds me of what was discussed in Hustle & Float. Learning to slow down and focus is really important for my mental health and for our actual world.
Thank you for treating that subject and sharing these book summaries with us
I love how you laid everything out so clearly! I have so much “quick to react” in me that it’s my biggest work right now to manage this. I liked the idea of watering the seed of remembering or of forgetfulness and using that as a gentle way to think about what I am “watering” within myself. Sister True Dedication’s contributions about her corporate life (though I don’t work at BBC) are also so relatable. It is bringing hope and presence into me as I read. For a real world way, yesterday at work I was able to calm down a good sized group and take a discussion from a very contentious and intense place to a calm and “reset” space, and I felt as though, at the time, that I was observing myself from maybe just a foot behind my head. Anyway, it was a real life “in practice” moment for me and I was actually surprised it happened. Can’t wait to keep devouring this book and the discussion! ❤️ Thank you for doing all of this!
I am totally with you about the "quick to react." There is something so powerful in realizing there are different forms of strength, that we can be just as grounded in being calm, just as effective in being compassionate - that too is a way of the warrior. I am so looking forward to your comments and to see what resonates with you. Congrats on calming a room- honestly a super power most needed right now.
"Trusting in one's own pace isn't negligence; it's an act of radical self-care. And maybe, just maybe, it's okay to move at a tempo that makes sense to me, to us, amid a world that's lost its metronome." This was the most impactful thought here, for me! It connects to the text, of course, but it's a reminder that trusting one's pace is crucial to being able to shore up the character and inner peace needed to act. Super profound. I also found it helpful that you included concrete examples because some of this can feel very abstract!
I agree, this book is so dense with philosophy that i often find myself wondering how to tangibly incorporate it. Once we're done with the book, i'll summarize the frameworks that I think could be useful to actually live the advice in a meaningful way. Thanks for commenting.
Hi Lindsey,
For me too it was one of the most impactful thought. It is something I struggle with because as a child and then student I did everything at a younger age than most; and now in adulthood I judge myself a lot for being "too slow". It takes a lot of time to get rid of these false narratives and trust one's own pace. Thank you for sharing how you relate to this idea!