I'm not sure if I'm religious, but I'm confident in my faith.
I'm disappointed. A lot of you are too.
I promise, I don't intend this to be a long, political rant. We could all use a break from that.
This is personal.
I recorded a video last Sunday, link here, where I used a quote from Aubrey Marcus that I believe he rounded out from someone else.
"You are a drop from the ocean, and the ocean forgot."
It was a video about perspective. Perspective on time, maybe importance and priorities. Maybe more that I didn't realize.
You are a drop from the ocean, and the ocean forgot.
I remember struggling for words occasionally, only because I was worried that if I came off too casual or unconcerned, someone would think the recent events are not that important. As if the quote and interpretations could mean "eh, whats the big deal in the grand scheme anyway?"
Within the perspective of time, I am actually saying that and then the opposite. This is a blip that the future will discuss and dissect, but you will not be remembered. In the infinite, this is nothing.
But it is our everything.
It's our everything of our everything.
Infinite means very little to us, now, because we will not touch it as humans. (uh oh, here we go)
It's our everything and to most people alive, this is the most important phase we have ever known. My frustration is that we behave opposite of both of my scenarios.
We don't blow it off like "eh, whats the big deal anyway?" and we certainly don't treat it like our everything is on the line.
Is there space between? I don't think so, not anymore. I think we were already floating in that space between, and that is what has landed us where we are.
We need structure and freedom.
We need limits and choice.
You will immediately want to argue this, but look at your life. Do you not operate better with some routine? Do things not run more smoothly for you when you have plans? That's structure, you are free to choose the structure that fits x outcome.
I think we play chicken with dangerous scenarios when we lean choice and freedom too far away structure and limits. No one wants a lawless world, but we also do not want to live under martial law. We want balance. Or at least I do. I continue to write "we," as if you've been nodding along... have you?
There are over 328,000,000 currently living in the United States of America (man, I want to feel pride in those 5 words again soon) and nearly 8,000,000,000 in the world. If we want all lives, across the entire planet to have importance, healthy lives, we need great unity. A common vision.
We cannot see people as statistics or numbers.
They are us, we are them, living a different existence.
I've said many times, where you born, who you born to, on and on, it was luck. Being able to type this out tonight, was luck. You reading this on you iPhone, a lot of luck.
Because it's 2020 and you are alive to read this in the greatest phase this planet and our entire everything has ever known. Do you not feel a massive calling to level up your life in every opportunity? Do you still not understand that although we are drop of water from the ocean, and the ocean forgot, we are everything.
Because it might be all we'll ever know, finite.
That's good pressure.
Have conversations and influence progressive dialogue. People will say crazy things, educate, don't shut it down. Push-push is combat, push-counter-pull is momentum.
I do not think this is that hard, so it's definitely not impossible. It's not a crazy dream, it should be our direction and future.
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I've been noticing more birds lately... maybe I'm just taking the time to notice them.
I ran and sat in the park to stretch. Actually kicked off the socks/shoes and relaxed in the grass for a little while. Nothing to see but trees and grass.
And I just stared and zoned out on nothing. It was a great, needed moment. And my first thought was "opportunity."
We are too great to suffer the way we are. We have opportunities in every moment. Win them. Win moments, with one decision at a time, in every way. The next choice that comes along, make the best decision you can with all information you can. Put that habit on repeat for the day and watch what happens.
It starts with micro to build a strong macro.
8,000,000,000 micros... one great decision at a time.
I see a worldwide culture shift.
