Month: April 2019

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#36 Coffee with John

Coffee with John #36


Takeaway: We all have these notions or benchmarks of what we are supposed to be. Those beliefs dictate our actions and behaviors.

The price is that we mask ourselves and pretend to be someone or something we are not. Be honest to yourself and your being; don’t try to comfort or fit into a specific checked box. As that Bob Marley song says, “free yourself from mental slavery.”

Yes. Different occasions require us to play certain roles but, if you are constantly lying to yourself and others, then you must confront yourself.

In some rare cases, being honest with yourself might mean breaking away completely from what you know. It might mean changing careers, taking on new responsibilities, confronting fears, pursuing that long-lost passion, ending certain habits, among a hundred other things.

I hope we all find the courage to find our true selves. And, in the process, our true passions. Of course, don’t go breaking the law now because deep down inside you believe you are a fun, loving criminal.

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#35 Coffee with John

From a few weeks back (falling behind with my posts):

Takeaway: Be receptive and open. Don’t come to a situation with your jar filled. Let it be empty and overflow with new information.

Of course, if you need to be prepared for a situation, be prepared. Still, don’t come with assumptions or preconceived notions. Let go of it all and be open to the experience.

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#34 Coffee with John

Coffee with John #34

What is power?

The definition can vary, depending on different variables and who you ask but I like Merriman Webster’s definition of power as the “ability to act or produce an effect.”

That echoes the takeaway from my penultimate coffee meeting. We all have the power to act and change the course of our life at a given point in our lives. Not to say that it’s always easy or without herculean efforts but the ability is there, sometimes hidden or unnurtured.

We have the ability to act.