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MISSION OVER MADNESS

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  MISSION OVER MADNESS https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mission-over-madness--72096094 The monkey is in the forest, and we are running so fast we’ve forgotten why we’re chasing it. We are "Mad, Sad, or Scared" because we are trying to fill our cups with external validation while they have cracks at the bottom. The truth, family, is that we have become "Accidental Beings," reacting to everything the world throws at us instead of designing the life we were born to live. This week of Kuumba reminds us that we are the architects. But you cannot build a new reality on the foundation of an old, broken one. You have to scrape off the buildup—the fear, the comparison, the "groupthink"—before you can paint a masterpiece. A Call to Inaction: Stop trying to "do" more. Stop adding tasks to your list. The mission is not to get busier; it is to get clearer. The proverb "Slow-slow one grabs the monkey in the forest" isn't about laziness; it’s ab...

Experience Matters

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  Experience Matters I love this story because it stresses the power of experience. The mother is looking over her chicks and raising them up and from her bag of experience she not only taught them a powerful lesson, but also those of us who read the story. The moral of the story is “Self help is the best help” which is a powerful statement on its own, but the lesson I learned from the story was take time and learn from your elders. The lark in the story through observation had learned the ways of man. Through her observation she knew exactly when to flee. Even though her young ones were ready she knew that they had time to put more weight on, and eat before it was too late. This type of experiential learning is not only a lesson for the young, but is also a lesson for the old. Are you an elder that can present the young with good advice because you have truly observed the world and participated in it. Are you giving sound advice to the young so that they can build up their mental ...