Thursday, December 12, 2024

Posner and Swimming

#1 - Rich Rolls second podcast interview with Mike Posner (see artist song on previous post).  I listened to the first hour yesterday and today I listened to minutes 50-60 a second time.  Also in the second hour there was a 10 minute section I listened to again, it was worth really letting it sink in. It reminds me of how we show up in the world is a reflection of what the people around us bring out.

For example, I have noticed how important when I'm writing a letter the recipient is to the content.  What emerges from me often needs the energy in some way from whom the letter is addressed to.

#2 - In the conversation a few times Mike said, "I had to" or "I have to," and then he would add, "I didn't have to, I wanted to."  That is a reframing I often make myself.

#3 - A good friend of mine's son recently decided to join the high school swim team.  This same friend had been a bit sad that they don't do as much together anymore as he is a teenager.  But she was on the swim team in high school and now they've been practicing together.  When she told me he had his first meet I responded, "Maybe I'll come."

I wasn't sure why I had the impulse, however it was nearby, if I've been to a swim meet I don't recall it, and I love supporting people trying new things.

#4 - At the meet I asked my friend, "Did you ever swim the longest race?" (500 meter)

 "Yes, do you remember Micah?" (We went to the same high school.)

"Yes," I vaguely remembered him.

"He walked up and down the pool cheering me on the whole time I swam that. I still remember that."

It is over 25 years later and my friend remembers a teenage boy who took 6 minutes of his life to cheer her on during hard race.

You just never know how small acts of showing up can matter.

#5 - Right Now by Mary Bue


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