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Today’s Shot 56
Listening Meditation
In this moment
If all your mind could hold
Was sound
How many layers
Undertones
Overtones
Could be found…
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Today’s Shot 54
Nature knows when to rest.
This forty-seven-year-old wisteria vine rests up for a beautiful show come spring!
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Multipotentialite
On TEDxBend, Emilie Wapnick says, “Raise your hand if you’ve ever been asked the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” At what age were you? Has this question ever caused you anxiety, or were you born innately knowing what you wanted to specialize in throughout your life?
“Have too many passions to settle on just one? Perfect. Your unique mix of interests may turn out to be your very own superpower.”
I would say this question always caused me anxiety because it was too hard to pick one thing. Yet, isn’t this what we’re trained from very young to expect of ourselves?
Instead of:
“What are all the things you’d like to be when you grow up?”
We ask and have been asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” We’re expected to know what one thing we want to do.
This is still a question I can’t answer. Fortunately, I learned that there is a name for people like me, and perhaps for some of you as well!
There are specialists who know exactly what they want to focus on. They lead specific fields within their focus. Then, there are the rest of us who excel in this, study that, get one degree, and then work in something else. We can bring many layers of skill sets into focused settings by being able to draw upon a variety of pursued interests that we’ve gathered along the way.
We are called, “Multipotentialites.”
Why Some of us Don’t Have One True Calling |Emilie Wapnick | TEDxBend
“Multipotentiality is an educational and psychological term referring to the ability and preference of a person, particularly one of strong intellectual or artistic curiosity, to excel in two or more different fields.” Wikipedia
“In 2010 or later, Emilie Wapnick coined the term “multipotentialite“, perhaps to establish a shared identity for the community. She defines it this way: A multipotentialite is a person who has many different interests and creative pursuits in life. … Being a multipotentialite is our destiny.”
Cover photo by Nikita Kachanovsky
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Today’s Shot 51
Flying for family gatherings gives a higher view.
It’s the world in white and blue.
This can be a good time to think or dream,
Of pretty much anything.
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Special Request
I saw this special request via Rethinking Life:
Special Request: In case you haven’t heard about this on the news, I’m going to share it now in this newsletter. There is a gentleman from the US Marines who will be turning 104 years old on his birthday; Major Bill White, USMC (RET). When asked if there would be anything he would like for his birthday, he requested people to send him Valentine Day cards.
“I’ll save every one of them like I’ve been saving little things that have come up until right now,” White told KTXL “And they’ll be a personal part of my history.”
White explained to the outlet that he spends a great deal of time scrapbooking — one of his favorite hobbies — which has led to a large collection of mementos that he’d like to improve with a few kindhearted Valentine’s cards.Here is a link to a newscast who interviewed him: https://www.yahoo.com/now/major-bill-white-veteran-asks-valentines-day-cards-california-wwii-purple-heart-182739851.html
Lets Help Major White. Here is the address you can send cards to:
Operation Valentine
Attn: Hold for Major Bill White, USMC (Ret.)
The Oaks at Inglewood
6725 Inglewood Avenue
Stockton, CA 95207
Cover photo by Jamie Street
Hearts from Iconarchive.com
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