Show me
The
One
Serious
Student
And
My door
Will always be open unto
Him
Or
Her
~ Mentorship ~
Ken Robinson
No “reputable” school
University
College
Or
Classroom
In any academic institution
Is greater than the impact that one
Great
Teacher
Can have
Great
Teachers
Are the educational
Life blood
Of “schools”
Not the other way around….
~ Ken Robinson ~
For Liam
I love the courage that you exhibit
The heart that beats
Upon your sleeve
That everyone can see
As you pour yourself
Effortlessly
Into the life before you
~ For Liam ~
For Derek Sivers
I have vowed to keep my life simple
In order to create space
For matters of pure importance
Like laughing with you
Playing with you
And enjoying
Every moment I have with you
~ For Derek Sivers ~
Craftsman
You are either in the
Business of
Mastering the craft
Or
Something else
All together
~ Craftsman ~
On Realisation
And then…
All of a sudden…
Just like that…
The time wasting stopped
Because
She realised
It was running out
~ On Realisation ~
Chicken or Pig
Are you
The
Bacon
Or
The
Egg?
~ Chicken or Pig ~
Professionalism… Whatever That Means
You must be a “professional”
Way
Before
You
Are
“Professional”
~ Professionalism… Whatever That Means ~
One And Only
To become a one and only
You must be willing
To go
Where no other has gone before you
~ One and Only ~
Scientist In The Crib
A baby learns
Exponentially faster
Than the adult
20 to 40 x
In fact
So take baby steps
Relearn
What learning looks and feels like again
Real fast
~ Scientist In The Crib ~
Intelligence
True Intelligence is
The ability
To pull from both ends
Embracing contradiction
Seeing the spectrum
From a wide lens
Zooming out
Then
Zooming in
Finding balance somewhere
In between
~ Intelligence ~
Flying Fish
Sink or swim
Fly or die
The time
Is now
~ Flying Fish ~
Picking Up The Pieces
We are all born perfectly pieced together
Then along the way
Torn
a - part
Some of us
Fortunate
To pull ourselves back
Together again
Not exactly as we began
Somewhat resembling
Children again
~ Picking Up The Pieces ~
Yoda
We have come so far
From where we
Are supposed to be
But the beauty...
We can get back there
To where
We were born to be
But...
We must re-learn everything
Everything
That we once thought to be
~ Yoda ~
The River Runs
The river runs
Not knowing when to stop
Rolling over obstacle
After obstacle
Without knowing
Just flowing
Going on and on
Reaching the sea
After traveling
A life time
Mile after mile
Strong
Uncompromising
Effortlessly
~ The River Runs ~
Relevance
Every single man and woman in this world
Is searching for relevance
Many to their detriment
It is what it is
The people cannot help
Themselves
Their addiction to attention
A habit
They are unable of ridding
But if they could
They would never
Seek it again
~ Relevance ~
Conversations Between Caterpillar and Butterfly
Your wings
They are so beautiful
Said Caterpillar
Everything is fleeting
Said Butterfly
Everything
~ Conversations Between Caterpillar and Butterfly ~
Placebo
One man receives a
Blue pill
Another
Red
One is said to have “moved mountains”
And the other
Lived his whole life dead
~ Placebo ~
This Creative Life 2
Yesterday
I was dead
Today
I am alive
~ This Creative Life 2 ~
This Creative Life
And then
The time wasting stopped
I cannot explain why or how
It just did
I knew because I was no longer dead
But alive
Living all the time
~ This Creative Life ~