Connecting the Dots of our Thoughts
In the hustle and bustle of the everyday lives we were leading, we seldom had time, took time or made time to think our own thoughts. Too often, we were distracted by the bells and whistles this life now offers with its increasing advancements in technology and the new algorithms and versions they offer. And let’s not forget the unlimited number of TV programming and competitive movie stations available. Now don’t get me wrong, technology has its place and I’m especially thankful for it these days with our being sequestered for a time while the planet and the citizens of it heal themselves. Where would we be without Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg, Stan Lee, National Geographic, the History Channel, Neil deGrasse Tyson and the endless list of talented artists feeding our appetite in all genres of movies, music and other art forms not to mention the news, You Tube and the endless opportunities for enlightenment and learning? Oppositely, what would happen if these electronic devices were silenced for a time and replaced by the sights, sounds and textures of nature? Are these not known to be the most calming, relaxing and helpful techniques to reach places of mindful meditation that we wouldn’t ordinarily reach or have access to if not for intentional connection to nature? It is here that we can be quiet long enough to hear that still small voice that desires to be heard within and yearning to be expressed without.
“David was always there...in the marble. I just took away everything that was not David.”
What else is a time such as this offering us to think about, create, invent or renovate?
What else could we be listening to instead of the bells and whistles of our synchronized devices?
What is available to us in our 360 degrees that could move us to the next chapter of our lives?
Could this sequester inspire the next Leonardo daVinci, Henry David Thoreau, Beethoven, Michelangelo?
What if it is to purely be still enough to hear our own thoughts and feel our own feelings? What could that exercise alone accomplish?
Could we perhaps usher in a new Renaissance period where free license for creativity, discussion & change are?
Check out the parallels of the paradigm shift that was happening during the Renaissance period.
At the original writing of this, I hadn’t even considered that da Vinci was the creator of the famous painting of the “Last Supper” and that today is Good Friday. Another example of what happens when one follows the path of inspiration to the next clue. Whether you are a believer or not, let this day be a day that you reach deeper inside yourself and see what it is that wants to be expressed, let it be a Good Friday!
