Finding the Way

“Wayfinding” is a beautiful term because the path to mastery is never a straight line.

It is a journey that unfolds – as everything around us changes. Charting a fixed path is impossible, and if you are treading one, you are most likely on someone else’s path.

We are unique and so is our path. It requires constant searching, endless curiosity, willingness to experiment, learn from multiple disciplines, and test your ideas. Wayfinding happens when we are willing to move forward despite uncertainty.

The search itself transforms us and makes us ready for destinations we may never have imagined.

Quest is the goal. Finding the way, is the way.

StoicNotes: Be Your Own Witness

In our need to belong, we sometimes rely too much on what others think of us. When we seek too much validation in external stuff – titles, pay packages, status, other people etc. – we stray away from who we truly are. We step away from that which is uniquely ours.

Epictetus prompts us to have an inner scorecard that we abide to. Do what truly brings us alive, be who we truly are and constantly seek clarity on these aspects while conducting ourselves.

A Thing Called Life!

A thing,

until it is everything,

is noise,

And once it is everything,

is silence.

– Antonio Porchia

I found this beautiful interpretation of life from Antonio Porchia. Such a profound thought shared so beautifully.

A similar sentiment is expressed by Khalil Gibran in the following lines:

“When God threw me, a pebble

into this wondrous lake,

I disturbed the surface with countless circles.

But when I reached the depths,

I became very still.”