Post 1415, Day 118 of 2015
- 1,579 days since I started this blog -
- 1,579 days since I started this blog -
I'm not so sure. I can't see it as an absolute. I am not certain that any goal can be reached by planning, and I'm not certain that any human achievement is the direct product of goal-setting.
The only reason I'm uncertain, is that I also see that working towards a goal can produce benefits. I'm just not sure where intent fits into this.
Some say it is all about how you go about it. Visualization seems to work in achieving goals. I'm not certain there is any scientific evidence to support this, but my personal experience supports visualization as a useful tool, when you visualize your goal achieved in the present.
The problem with planning, and the problem with at least some kinds of visualization, is that it is future-oriented. It takes you out of the now. And, the future is unknowable. On the other hand, there's the whole failing to plan is equal to planning to fail meme.
Not living in the present isn't a good thing. Planning, with all its hallucinatory anticipations, is kind of fun. But Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was right in Slaughterhouse 5 when he said, "Nothing succeeds as planned."
Thinking about the future seems to be the essence of doing business, which may be why I suck at business. Or why that has no interest for me, at all.
I don't know. Nothing going on with me right now was in my plans five years ago.
I think that says it all.
Food and Diet Section
Today's Weight: 201.0 lbs
Today's Weight: 201.0 lbs
Previous Weight (4/27): 201.0 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: - 0.0 lbs
Diet Comment
A full day's eating, on-plan, and I am maintaining. Finally feeling a bit better. Best sleep in two weeks last night. Diet Comment
A cocoa-hemp-kale protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, large organic egg, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), celery, raw organic cacao powder, fermented coconut water, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.
Lunch
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| Roasted turkey breast chopped salad: Parmesan cheese, baby kale, baby spinach, chard, cole slaw mix and balsamic vinaigrette. |
Turkey chili (with black beans) and a Quest bar.
Snack
Celery with home-made mayo and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Coffee: 28 oz. Water: 112+ oz.
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I agree. Planning is useless and a waste of attention energy.
ReplyDeletei wrote this to Denie back when ISIS first began to dominate the headlines. i'm posting it now just because it popped into my thoughts immediately after I finished reading and had a chance to think about the blog commentary. i'm not sure how it relates to the blog's content. oh, well!
When you encounter a hungry person, give him food, when you encounter a sick person, give him care, when you encounter an angry person, show him compassion,etc.. Identify the needs of the moment as your own needs, and do what is necessary to meet them compassionately as best you can. this contributes to the harmony that is peace, i think
As far as i'm concerned, the one on one approach is the only effective way to peace that i can think of, albeit a very slow one. i personally don't believe there is such a thing as a mass alternative other than there being many more individuals who live by the golden rule than the mass of "EVIL ONES". i think peace spreads from one to another only on an individual basis (like a virus). Anyway, i don't have "The Answer", i just want people to think of alternatives to conflict resolution by violence and war.
- Light - Love - Compassion - Harmony/Peace -
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