Author: clfuu

Legend has it that the groundhog ducks back in his hole if he gets scared by seeing his shadow, leaving us with six more weeks of winter. We all have things that frighten us that others might not understand.

What have you run away from?

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd

What motivates you to move beyond your comfort zone?

It turns out that you don’t necessarily have to cross a threshold. You could, instead, sit yourself down on the stoop and visit with your neighbors or have a rest or simply wait to see what happens next.

What threshold are you choosing not to cross?

“When we look at thing, we must examine its essence and treat its appearance merely as an usher at the threshold, we must, once we cross the threshold, grasp the essence of the thing.”
―Mao Zedong

What has surprised you once you have come to understand its essence rather than its appearance?

Parking is a thing that you do only because it enables you to do something else. Nobody parks a car for the fun of it. But anyone who has wandered in ever larger circles looking for a spot that isn’t there knows just how much difference a parking spot can make.

What do you appreciate, not for itself, but rather for what it makes possible?