There’s a rat race to the top and there’s a waltz back to how things are.
In the end, our poems and songs will ripple much longer than our algorithms and ladders.
Ashton.Gustafson
Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
Tag Archives: let the music play
We accept all forms of payment…
…at some point.
Maybe you could pay someone with some help?
Or maybe they could pay you with some insight?
What about encouragement? This is one of the finest and rarest currencies available today…impossible for a check to bounce here.
And then there’s trust, friendship, hope, grace, and love.
Strapped for cash?
Check your wallet for some humanity.
It’s in there.
Even though few are teaching us it’s in there…it’s in there.
You just need to remember to use it.
Do you have what it takes?
It takes instruments.
And it takes musicians to play those instruments.
Don’t fret about the stage.
It finds the music makers.
Here is this idea from three years ago…
The Pencil and the Eraser
The pencil: and.
The eraser: but.
One allows you to write and converse with possibility.
One erases all options of possibility and swims in the bay of blame and rivers of he said she said.
These are two words we’ll use thousands of times this week without thinking that hold massive implications for our communications.
In other words, and > but.
Think about this the next time you talk, text, or email.
Out of the Office
I learned this the hard way: Work related activities cannot replace non-work related activities.
In the end, as you get better at work, you should get better at play and as you get better at play, your work, creativity, and clarity should become better as well.
It’s close tug of war between inspiration and perspiration for the trophy of success. I’m not certain on this (I’m getting close), but it appears the ratio is probably inspiration:51 to perspiration:49.
Today, may you find yourself on a walk, in a sunset, in a garden, or some other place oxygenated with love to fill the lungs of your inspiration.
Ashton.Gustafson 