Hi there,
Happy Monday!
Here’s your weekly dose of The Monday 3: a quote, an insight and an action I’m taking.
With love,
Toby
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A quote I’m pondering
True story, Word of Honor: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island. I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel to know that our host only yesterday may have made more money than your novel ‘Catch-22’ has earned in its entire history?” And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.” And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?” And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.” Not bad! Rest in peace!
Kurt Vonnegut – Obituary, The New Yorker, May 2005
An insight
Forgiveness is not forgetting. It doesn’t mean forgetting the experience or the lessons from it.
Forgiveness is not an event. It’s a process – the memory may return and you may need to forgive again. And again. And again.
Forgiveness is not only of other people. Sometimes it’s you in the mirror that needs to forgive yourself the most.
An action I’m taking
To paraphrase the legendary musician, producer and pioneer of ambient music, Brian Eno: Music is not something we listen to, but a place we go.
With this idea in mind, it shapes how I use music in workshops, when I’m coaching sport and at home to set tone, mood and to help create the right environment at the right time.
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Is there one of these that really stood out for you? I’d love to hear your thoughts or suggestions whether that’s a favourite quote or something else.
I hope you have a great week ahead.
With love,
Toby
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