The Life You Save May Not Be Your Own

A nice short 3-minute audio interview.  Listen (below) after reading the intro above.

I find this noteworthy, both reflecting on systemic racism and bigotry, especially from my parent’s generation (I too was in high school during school desegregation), and sadly still prevalent in many parts of our country.

But it's also noteworthy, for how many people help us along our journeys.  We may think we are independent, self-reliant individuals, but that is just our ego taking credit where it is likely not deserved.  We are much more inter-dependent than we think.  Again, our ego hopes we don't come to that realization. "Lalalala, I can't hear you", it says.

Here's the link to the StoryCorps interview:  http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=7788

I am so grateful for all of the help and good fortune I received along my life’s trajectory.  And I've had it much easier that most people (e.g., white, male, loving family, privileged upbringing, etc, etc.).

Anyways, just thought you might find this interesting.  

Do You Have ... Enough?

Mercedes Grill, Lanikai, Hawaii, January 2019,, Nikon D600 w/FX 16-35mm lens, Focal length 32mm, 

Exposure 1/40 sec @ f4, ISO 500, Exposure bias +1.67 ev, no flash © Steven Crisp [Click on the photo to enlarge]

Really, do you have enough?

Please take stock.  Make an inventory.  Tally up the books, check the coffers, how's your cash flow?

Please check and see what it is you need/want/desire/are working for/trading your Life for right now.

Maybe what you have is all you really need?  Wanting what you already have is surely the easiest path through Life.  It's a way of living.  A way of Being in the world.

And are you grateful?  Really, deeply grateful?

And are you generous?  What are you willing to give to those less fortunate than you?  Do you?

Some are conditioned by parents, friends, media (social and otherwise), business and advertisers to see the world from a perspective of scarcity/competition/get all you can while you can.

Indeed, it is more remarkable when we find someone who lives from a perspective of plenty, of "having enough".

This is an area that I continually struggle with, and need to learn and practice with new perspectives.

And I came upon this short 10 minute video which touches on this topic and so many others.

Amo La Vida from ServiceSpace on Vimeo.

(Love Life)

I hope you will watch this, with undivided attention, with openness, curiosity, and awareness, when you have 10 minutes to give just to yourself, for yourself.

And if you find it at all interesting, I encourage you to sign up for Nic Askew's mailing list of short, weekly films.

"The mystery's so huge, so big, so infinite"