I'm glad you found that useful. I thought some more of the article as I went about my day and recalled he also mentioned something that he found useful from C.S. Lewis that he had read in his twenties...
"There was this image of life as a tree and each decision we made was a branch. And then every decision we made, once we were on that branch, were smaller branches and smaller branches until you got down to the twigs. The author explained that if you are on the wrong branch, if you made a bad decision, you have to go back to the trunk – because once you’re on that branch, every decision will be wrong. That was such a great thing for me. I was just navigating, I made a mistake, so I have to go back to the trunk. Because back at the trunk, life – simple life – is always right."
So yeah, navigating, and returning to the trunk as needed, before going on a different branch.
I like the images you posted to anon as well up above and I also like what you said here too:
"removing the hooks that make us think we have to be running like rats all the time to pursue artificial goals to arrive at somewhere we can consider 'safe' is perhaps one of the greatest forms of rebellion."
It can be weird when you don't chase the same rats as everyone else who is running around. But it can also be peaceful.
This is also useful to me as a reminder that when the prevailing winds aren't blowing towards the direction I've set for myself, their is probably a trick or too that sailors know for staying on course.
Navigating / Return to the Trunk
I'm glad you found that useful. I thought some more of the article as I went about my day and recalled he also mentioned something that he found useful from C.S. Lewis that he had read in his twenties...
"There was this image of life as a tree and each decision we made was a branch. And then every decision we made, once we were on that branch, were smaller branches and smaller branches until you got down to the twigs. The author explained that if you are on the wrong branch, if you made a bad decision, you have to go back to the trunk – because once you’re on that branch, every decision will be wrong. That was such a great thing for me. I was just navigating, I made a mistake, so I have to go back to the trunk. Because back at the trunk, life – simple life – is always right."
So yeah, navigating, and returning to the trunk as needed, before going on a different branch.
I like the images you posted to anon as well up above and I also like what you said here too:
"removing the hooks that make us think we have to be running like rats all the time to pursue artificial goals to arrive at somewhere we can consider 'safe' is perhaps one of the greatest forms of rebellion."
It can be weird when you don't chase the same rats as everyone else who is running around. But it can also be peaceful.
This is also useful to me as a reminder that when the prevailing winds aren't blowing towards the direction I've set for myself, their is probably a trick or too that sailors know for staying on course.
Umber Fuzzy Raccoon / JPM