§23 – Learning a new language

Chapter 23 is one of the longest in the book… it’s all of 2 pages, overflowing to begin a third. In it, Thibault presents the stages of learning and mastery of parkour/ADD via a metaphor about learning a new language.

Meanwhile, the local parkour community where I train, not nearly as often as I should, continues to grow and change. Long story omitted. These days, I find myself dropping in for an adults, beginners class once a week. A class, as it were, of the A-B-C’s, basic grammar and some short, simple words.

I’m old enough, and wise enough, to know that I can empty my tea cup, go to just about anything and find something useful to take away. And so I find myself faced with one of those kindergarten pencils and those sheets of paper with the widely spaced lines—they don’t want you to miss getting in between the lines and start crying. It’s the perfect opportunity to review so many lessons. To tinker with nuance, to fiddle with symmetry, to doodle without consequence.

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The journey to virtue

The journey of the wise to virtue is as a journey to a remote land, or the ascent of a high mountain. People who travel to a faraway place start with a single step, and those who climb a high mountain start from the bottom.

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Today’s cryptoquote:

We find it is an impossibility for a person to begin to learn something he thinks he already knows.

#cryptoquote #learning #beginnersMind

"I dwell in Possibility –
A fairer House than Prose –
More numerous of Windows –
Superior – for Doors –"
#EmilyDickinson

Here i am at my (inner) room enjoying a blank sheet .. everything is possible -

#tabularasa #composition #beginnersmind #imagination #expression #creation #inspiration #poetry

With a few deep breaths, welcome yourself to this moment.

Open up your field of awareness, observing with a fresh set of “eyes”, everything that is passing through your mind.

Allow each thought to simply come and go. Becoming an objective observer of your mind allows you to find the space between you and your inner thoughts.

#Meditation #beginnersmind #TakeABreath

Today, I commit to approaching everything with a beginner’s mind.

I choose to enter the day with wonder.

I choose to open myself to new possibilities.

I choose to remain curious.

I choose to notice details I don’t normally see.

I choose not to compare what I am experiencing to previous experiences.

#BeginnersMind