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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

What makes a good mind?


"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" T.S. Eliot 

What makes a good mind?

Is it one that analyzes? Takes apart? Dissects? Separates?
The world labels this as wisdom.

OR

Is it one that synthesizes? Pulls together? Reunites? Connects?
The world labels this as foolishness.

I (and some others I am sure) would attempt to wrest the modern imagination and correct it to the latter habit. Anyone can tear things down. The world needs more people who create.

I would rather script a narrative of discovery, reconnection, and unification in my story. I want to be unconditionally and fundamentally grateful for my existence. I do want to appreciate the details, but I don't want to become ensnared by them.

Faith is a knowledge of things which are not seen which are true. I don't need to know everything about something. I just need to connect and compare this something with the things I do know.

I want to be a person of faith. 

I want to discover. 

I want to maintain wonder.

I do not want to sacrifice my aliveness for cynicism and resignation.

My Current Bookshelf of Inspiration

Here is a look into what is on my current Bookshelf of Inspiration:

Of Things That Matter Most by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill

Continue in Patience by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Loving What Is by Byron Katie

1 Corinthians 2

Zen Habits by Leo Babauta

Isaiah 40


Here are my most notable People of Inspiration right now:

Ellie Anderson

Doug Arner

Dallin Ward

Jordan Cowin

Kami Mitchell

Joshua Jensen

Katy McClain

Ephraim Olschewski

Above all, Jesus Christ


Life is so full of truth and light and love right now. I am just trying my best to soak it all in.

I love you all. That is all.