If you are stuck, listen up…

Inspiring.  Catchy thump, thump, thump rhythmic cadence.  Hypnotic.  Worthy 3 minute clip.  A few of my favorite excerpts.

“This is an invocation for anyone who hasn’t begun to start, who is stuck between 0 and 1”

“Let me think about the people I care about the most.  Like when they fail or disappoint me, I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them.  Let me extend the same generosity to myself.

“If I catch myself wearing a tutu – 2FAT, 2LATE, 2OLD, let me shake it off like…”

“Let me be not so vain to think that I am the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats…”

“Let me remember that the unintended meaning that people project on to what I do is neither my fault or something I can take credit for.”

“Let me not think of my work only as a stepping stone to something else.  And if it is, let me be fascinated with the shape of the stone.”

“There’s no need to sharpen my pencils anymore; my pencils are sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.”

“And God let me enjoy this.  Life isn’t just a sequence of waiting for things to be done.

***Note some coarse language that may be offensive to certain readers.

Comments

  1. Thanks for sharing this. There were a few which resonated and left an impression:
    “Let me not think of my work only as a stepping stone to something else.  And if it is, let me be fascinated with the shape of the stone.”

    “There’s no need to sharpen my pencils anymore; my pencils are sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.”

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  2. Wonderful post.

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  3. Love this 😉

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  4. Reblogged this on Jenny's Serendipity and commented:
    Truly inspiring…

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  5. Awesome. Off to the gym now! Not inviting perfection there either ’cause you’re right about that guy. Thanks for help clicking the switch to ‘start’ (fortunately I think mine says ‘repeat’ ) this morning.

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  6. Reblogged this on interpretingillusions and commented:
    I don’t reblog often but this is awesome.

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  7. thanks for this link David. ze Frank has a couple of great posts on TED as well.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gSSNHO1dDs&feature=relmfu
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMkJVXi7Rp8&feature=relmfu

    namaste …

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  8. i enjoyed reading this post because it describes exactly how i feel today. thank you so much for this post!!!

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  9. Reblogged this on Waiting for the Karma Truck and commented:
    From the inspirational David Kanigan

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  10. Reblogged on waitingforthenkarmatruck, with the appropriate intro – from the inspirational David Kanigan

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  11. Just the doing of the task is way more than sufficient a reward when I am at peace within myself and grateful for each moment, each breath.

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  12. Reblogged this on я℮ⅾωїłḓґøṧℯ﹩.

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  13. Awesome. Thanks for sharing 😉

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  14. Thanks for letting me camp out in your blog today. I had a great time and tried to leave my campsite as clean as when I arrived.

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