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You Are A Conscious Creator Newsletter
On Weirdness, Knowing When To Quit, And How Trees Are Sanctuaries
Here are today’s four questions for higher consciousness.
- Is “weirdness” an expression of wisdom?
- Do quitters really never win?
- What are the only two things that can pierce our hearts?
- Can trees speak and provide us with comfort?
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On Weirdness and Finding An Elder
Michael Meade | (adapted for space)
In old traditions, those who acted as elders were considered to be more in touch with the otherworld, but not out of touch with the struggles in this world. Elders have one foot firmly in the ground of survival and another in the realm of great imagination.
They acted as a bridge between the visible world and the unseen realms of spirit and soul….
This double-minded stance serves to help the living community and even helps the species survive.
The old word for having a foot in each world is ‘weird.’
Those seeking for an elder should look for someone weird enough to be wise. For just as there can be no general wisdom, there are no ‘normal’ elders. Normal bespeaks the ‘norms’ that society uses to regulate people, whereas an awakened destiny always involves connections to the weird and the warp of life.
Those who would become truly wise must become weird enough to be in touch with timeless things and abnormal enough to follow the guidance of the unseen.
Source: “Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of the Soul”
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When to Grit and When to Quit
Susan David, Ph.D.
We’ve all heard the saying: “Winners never quit and quitters never win.”
The subtext of that quote is the idea that “grit” and perseverance are the essential ingredients for any winning strategy: in business, athletic competition, and in achieving goals.
It’s the idea of pressing forward no matter what.
