The work to be done cannot be batched like laundry for when isolated streaks of motivation strike.
The work that is important cannot be accumulated today to write-off tomorrow.
The work that has meaning is a continuous effort because it saturates each day with meaning. The work that we should do is a daily resolution that invigorates our purpose.
Writing does not necessarily make me an expert of the lived experience. It’s much easier to write about it than to live it.
Words are cheap and live forever. Action is expensive and high maintenance.
Words capture a snapshot of the lived experience preserved to live in our memories. Actions are the memory of lived experience.
I only hope my words can inspire me to live a life worthy of them.
I love passively indulging in our reptilian desire for Hollywood blockbuster action flicks as much as the next person. But I’ve always felt that good entertainment also leaves a little for the imagination.
A hero that is imperfect and grows throughout the films challenges to examine our personal expectations for their actions. A villain that shows elements of compassion forces us to break the lazy mold of black and white bookkeeping, to use our imagination instead to enhance the experience.
Asking whether something is sustainable as a proxy for whether to pursue action is like asking whether we have time do something. Its all relative. It’s the wrong question. We make time if its important enough.
What is sustainable really? Nothing is sustainable. Life is not sustainable. Impermanence is the constant through life.
But we sustain life for as long as we can because it is worth it for ourselves. The real question is whether something is worth sustaining or not.
Because even the most unsustainable endeavour will be sustained if it is important to us. And even the most sustainable work will be dropped if there is no meaning.
Danyo Pang 