Stop for a few moments and take time to really think about what you saw, what you heard or what you read and give that some serious thought by turning it over in your mind. As you think about it, consider how it affected you. Was it a surprise or was it something ordinary? Extraordinary?
Making something new or doing something you have never done before can be a creative act of learning, growing and changing. Perhaps you need to let go of something old in order to have space and time for something new. It could be a new skill, a new activity, a new connection, a new project,
Perhaps smaller than goals, more immediate and conscious, we set out to be or do something intending for it to happen because we have engaged our thought into an action. We have heard “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” It was first published in Henry G. Bohn’s A Hand-book of Proverbs in
Focusing on focus, adjusting how we see things, zeroing in on a particular point of view can be an interesting and revealing exercise. Changing the angle changes our perception. If using binoculars or a telescope or a camera, we may adjust the focal point for clarity or it is done automatically by an inboard sensor.
Getting ready, making plans, gathering resources, anticipating what lies ahead – these require all kinds of different preparations. Much depends on whether we are designing something new, going on a trip, looking forward to a celebration or a holiday, cooking a meal, painting or repainting something, repairing what’s broken, or something as simple as going
In this Bold Experiment of 30 days of short posts looking inward with our thoughts, we are today half way to the goal. Whether or not we will make it remains to be seen, TBD, the double entendre of “to be determined.” We have many kinds of tools, techniques, skills and instruments for measuring things
