The Chalkboard
Dear Friends,
There is a story about a group of kids just starting school, and for the first day, the students practiced writing the number 1.
The next day, the teacher explained that they were moving on to number two.
One of the kids, Carol, said, “I am not ready to move on. I am still working on number 1.”
The next few days, as the class focused on numbers 3, 4, and 5, Carol was still not ready. The teacher was frustrated with her.
“I need more time on number 1,” Carol explained.
Finally after about a week, the teacher said, “Carol, are you finished with number 1 yet? We really need to move on.”
Carol nodded that she was.
“Ok,” said the teacher, “do you want to show us?”
Carol walked up to the chalkboard, took a piece of chalk in her hand, drew a number one, and the chalkboard split in half.
Now, this is just a story, of course, but it speaks to something:
The power is in our energy, not in the knowing.
I Love You!
A stranger could come up to you and say, “I love you,” and your best friend could come up and say, “I love you,” and they would land very differently.
Same words, different energy.
It helps to ask, How is our energy today?
Are we mainly frustrated or are we grateful? Are we enjoying the moment or in a hurry? Are we self reflective or are we always believing that someone else is the cause of our suffering?
The best writing, the. best poetry, the best music … something else is present along with the words, something I believe AI will never be able to replicate.
I do not know what else to call it but energy.
So, what is the energy in which we are meeting life today?
Blessings,
SOREN
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