Mike "Bagel"

@bagelpuc

Small Business Counselor, Podcaster, Writer, Connector

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We are told a story from a young age. We are taught to conform, to behave, to achieve, to become something. And in the end, we believe the greatest lie of all — that we are somehow not enough, that we must become rather than simply be ourselves.

But tell me — have you ever seen a green tree struggle to grow, or a beautiful flower struggle to bloom?

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Communication creates community. The way we communicate forms the types of communities we form: communities where the highest good sought is great entertainment and prestige (“he prepares for those podcasts like none other, and asks banger questions!”) or communities oriented toward the truth and encounters with the real.

When I try to make the best thing, it feels different. It feels like I’m trying to prove something to someone instead of trying to discover something for myself. It feels dishonest and disrespectful of where I’m at. I’m not the best, so why should I try to make the best things? I’m just me, so I should make me things.

I don’t like making the best things - internetVin

“Stay close to your own knowing amid the noise. Remember your knowing doesn’t always need to be shared or displayed. Remember your knowing can be slowly and quietly tended to. Remember how much grows in the dark, in the places no one but you can see. Remember your knowing is enough and, when it’s not, there are others you can turn to for guidance,... See more

Kathryn Vercillo on Substack

So much of self-regulation comes down to 2 interrelated powers: 1) keeping yourself inspired, and 2) keeping yourself accountable. Recognizing in a felt way that “this is worth doing”, and that “I’m responsible for doing it.”

Dr. Gena Gorlin substack.com

To embrace slow productivity, in other words, is to reorient your work to be a source of meaning instead of overwhelm, while still maintaining the ability to produce valuable output.

Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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Throughout the centuries, in every age, people have wanted to

know or at least have a vague idea about the source, the begin-

ning, and the final purpose of their existence. Religion satisfies

this requirement, and makes clear those connections which unite

all people as brothers, revealing to them that they have the same

source of origin, the same task... See more

A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se

religion

does it satisfy it thought? so many of us this day in age don’t feel that it does. are we being overly-critical, overdramatic, or relying too hevily on the “known”? are there other ways of achieving this satisfaction without religion?