Thursday, January 16, 2025

Don't Speak Negatively

I owe Bruce Lee an apology.
Because of his movies, I associate him 
with brute strength and little else.
(I owe an apology to martial arts as well).
I fell into the bias of simplifying him into a caricature
which was incomplete and dismissive.  "All muscle/no brain".


Looking back, I've shared a quote from him every year since 2022!
I didn't even notice this until now. 
I did not know he's written many volumes,
including ones on philosphy and quantum physics.

So this quote today is a reckoning for me.
A reckoning with the assumptions I make
and the bounty I miss due to prejudgment. 
It's much more "efficient" to
deem something or someone as
unworthy of time or attention;
to label and dismiss 
rather than to be curious and open to learning.
It feels like opening a window I didn't know was there.

Namaste'








 

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