Logic

We make decisions based on emotions and justify them with logic. Just make sure that your logic is sound.

Inspiration Part III

Inspiration does not come from memory, that’s why we may not remember what we actually said.

Acedia

An archaic word originated circa 1607 meaning apathy or boredom. My experience with boredom was called ennui but acedia has a broader meaning I think in that it brings together what we humans do when motivation escapes us. A do nothing activeness that thrives on inactivity. When we lack drive to change things or become uncaring we injure our psyche as in believing there is nothing we can do. Modern age phrases like: “Whatever” and “It is what it is” become rationalizations and justifications to remain aloof rather than becoming part of the solution of taking an active role instead.  We have fallen victim to acedia as it starts to affect our ability in ordinary time whether it is work or even play.  Slothfulness if you will.  Acceptance of what is intolerable becomes apathy to action because we tell ourselves there’s nothing we can do. 

Thomas Aquinas identifies acedia as “the sorrow of the world” and the Oxford Dictionary has a less arcane definition: “a state of restlessness and inability to work or to pray” To me acedia makes life colorless in a way that is not just black and white but also lacking the high definition of preventing our own Self Actualization.  

Acceptance

I live in acceptance. In this way fear and doubt have no place to take a seat.  

What Is True?

When you breathe in positive notions the feeling is genuine.  When you listen to the voices of fear they are false gods that offer nothing but lies.  

Body Surf

Stop swimming so hard let the wave take you

Plain Sight

What is visible to the naked eye isn’t always what we see. It’s what we want to see and that’s how we miss what’s in plain sight.