The Pursuit of Wisdom
The Pursuit of Wisdom
“You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” – John C. Maxwell (Am author and orator)
The pursuit of wisdom is the ability to wake up and notice, compare, and question. Nothing stays the same; everything changes. That’s the constant. Therefore, how to become more comfortable with change. Now, it’s true that change too often triggers fear of the unknown, which can lead to resistance to change and learning something new. Noticing the sensations when a change occurs, and how you respond or react to that experience, is helpful. Can you recognize a difference between responding and reacting? A good thing to remember is that only those who are curious have something to learn, and therefore create improvement. Another great question is: what are your own conditions for learning? Curiosity and questions awaken wisdom and options.
“Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them.”-Marcus Aurelius
The ability to make wisdom the goal in life, not just academic knowledge, awakens a more subtle and significant awakening of choices. How to stay in the process, allowing the outcome to evolve over time, is a connection to feel what resonates and to remain balanced in any transition.
Often, we can hold onto stability, fearful of moving, while instability has merit. I believe it is the balance between the two that enables a more compatible way of living. Dr. Feldenkrais shared the benefits of both, where stability allows one to be more grounded and rooted, but not flexible enough to shift when necessary. Flexibility creates greater instability, allowing one to move quickly to avert potential danger. Having both in your repertoire is crucial for balance, shifting, and pausing to discern when the timing is right to act. Moshe Feldenkrais offers the shift between the two in lessons, so that one can, with practice, be more agile and flexible while also feeling safe and grounded. Shifting between stability and instability is a dance that enhances life with more freedom and choice.
“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.” – Helen Keller
Many have been able to endure and come through the difficult winter, and now it appears that we’ve moved a bit further into the Spring. There are still difficult times ahead, and I offer the gift of wisdom to awaken and allow the hardships many are coping with, to give solace and a way to endure that which we cannot change at the moment and allow and awaken to continue each of our pursuits of wisdom.
I hope I’ve earned the privilege of your time and attention and continue to pursue mastery in finding wisdom to endure what we can’t change at the moment and how to persevere and find improvement moving forward.
Warmest,
Peggi
