It’s not all about improving and optimizing. The wheel spins, but you don’t have to run on it. The quiet moment of still, time to sit against a tree.

Walking through Chinatown in New York City I noticed a statue of Confucius. An ancient philosopher isn’t something you expect to see in the bustling modern concrete jungle of NYC. It made me wonder what other philosophers have statues in the U.S.? And were there elements of their philosophy apparent in their geographic location? Confucius…

Have you experienced this phenomenon? Whatever you outline as the thing you ‘should’ work on you put off the most. The task could be fun. The task could be exciting. The very thing I wish to do I do not do. Enter deadlines. Enter accountability.

Can they just drop it? It’s not a big deal! But they hadn’t said anything at all. It was static silence to be exact. It was a projection. The fists clenched were my own.

It’s not just a red bean that has a world of possibilities. It’s you. It’s me.