Don’t set your mind on things you don’t possess as if they were yours, but count the blessings you actually possess and think how much you would desire them if they weren’t already yours. But watch yourself, that you don’t value these things to the point of being troubled if you should lose them.*
Marcus Aurelius
Our keys (skills, talents, traits, interests) are best utilised when we try enough things to figure out some doors that they’ll open.**
Gabe Anderson
Have you ever wanted
someone else’s talents, role, status, reward?
Have you ever wondered
if someone else is looking at you in the same way?
Downplaying and undervaluing what we have and do
is a damaging, even dangerous, game to play.
Better to notice and develop what we have
so that adventures may open through our deepest joy.^
(Deepest joy being a way
of describing where our talents, energies, and values meet.)
This is our power and love
for bringing change to someone’s world.
Radical engagement works with power and love to collaborate to bring about fundamental change.^^
*Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic;
**Gabe Anderson’s blog: What Good Is A Key …;
^Frederick Buechner suggests that we find our purpose where our deepest joy meets the world’s greatest need,
^^Adam Kahane’s Everyday Habit For Transforming Systems.
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