When we have a wild idea, many of the folks that truly care about our well-being seem to think that pursuing said idea would be, "stupid". Most of the time, it is. A small percentage of people are bold and courageous enough to pursue it anyway. But they ought not to be upset at their…
A Jakob's Journal short published on April 19th, 2020.
We're not going to make every shot we take. By the time we're good enough to make them consistently, we've typically logged more misses than we can count. Then why shoot at all? Because not-shooting yields the same dull outcome as missing, and at least a missed shot provides an opportunity to learn.
What is the healthiest level of skepticism? — it can be a safety feature, but it can also be a wellness killer. Is it harder to say goodbye, each time you leave the house, to your first child? Or to your first dog? The people that will truly appreciate the trees we plant will be…
1. The sun takes no breaks. No matter how hard I work, sunburn will always suck. 2. The faster I move about, the slower things seem to grow. Nature has its own schedule. 3. We don’t control the weather. So, why bother stressing it?
