The thought manifests the word;
~ Juan Mascaro
The word manifests the deed;
The deed develops into habit;
And habit hardens into character;
So watch the thought and its ways with care.
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Thoughts manifest →
Finding Stillness →
This is pretty common. Thinking isn’t the problem, but the struggle comes when we’re constantly spinning stories in our heads and getting caught up in them.
~ Leo Babauta from, Finding Stillness
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Hear! Hear!
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Good friends →
Having dinner with some of the Aikido guys before a seminar tomorrow. Multiple black belt tests tomorrow.
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When parkour is common on your patio →
Regular tables don’t survive. This has been just a pile of Kee clamps on my work bench for about a year. Oof! Burly table.
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You are flawed. And so are your heroes →
We love these flawed superheroes, because it makes them relatable, vulnerable, and REAL. It gives them an identity; as readers of comics or viewers of a movie, we get to look inside these people and know that they feel real pain too, and we see parts of ourselves in them. … Why, then, don’t we do this with our real-life heroes and ourselves?
~ Steve Kamb from, You Are Flawed. And So Are Your Heroes.
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Wire your body for complex movement →
If you’re not strong enough or flexible enough to do the things you love, you absolutely need to spend time working on that. But for well-rounded physical performance–not to mention the ability to apply the strength, mobility, and conditioning you’re building–it’s important to work on your motor control and coordination as well.
~ Jarlo from, The Key to Better Performance: Coordination Exercises You Need to Try
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Flexibility/range-of-motion, strength, and coordination are the big three components of healthy movement [in my opinion]. This is a great article about coordination, complex motor skills, and (inadvertently) helps explain a lot of why I love Parkour.
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Constant craving →
The pain I endure became the pleasure I constantly crave.
~ unknown
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What you can learn from obsessing over your own time use →
We think we’re working 70 or 80 hours a week, but we’re not. We think we’re not getting enough sleep, but often we are. We misjudge our own time use constantly, and it can lead us to misidentify problems and remain stuck and frustrated.
~ Annie Mueller from, How To Capture Ideas and Tasks When Driving, Exercising, or Showering
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Errands →
Rats! I have several tedious errands to run… hope I don’t get lost or distracted…
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The majesty of calmness →
The man who is calm has his course in life clearly marked on his chart. His hand is ever on the helm. Storm, fog, night, tempest, danger, hidden reefs— he is ever prepared and ready for them. He is made calm and serene by the realization that in these crises of his voyage he needs a clear mind and a cool head; that he has naught to do but to do each day the best he can by the light he has; that he will never flinch nor falter for a moment; that, though he may have to tack and leave his course for a time, he will never drift, he will get back into the true channel, he will keep ever headed toward his harbor.
~ Brett McKay from, Manvotional: The Majesty of Calmness
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