It has been a while since my last #thoughfuldailypost so I am overdue for a little thoughtful preachiness! @Wesphilbin waves the @thoughtfulposts flag for us as the curation account that rewards them thoughtful posts. Please consider delegating if you are the thoughtful type and want to encourage people to share their positivity.
Here are a couple quotes from a couple goats that made me pause, ponder, and discuss for #thoughtfuldailypost. Paired with thoughtfully curated music to match the sentiment!
Young And Old
This one is another one of those anonymous sources and perhaps more of a meme than my typical timeless quotes from authors. Still seemed relevant and poignant to me at least.
I identify as a 35 year old so it is hard to imagine my kids don't recognize how overwhelmingly cool I am and perhaps think I am old? I plan to fight old age til the day I die and just never stopped the things I did in my 30s. Then I added things like martial arts training to spice it up, always looking for that next fun adventure. How the hell is it kids think I am old? Dumbasses /Red Foreman,
I love talking with older people who call me young man. My impulse is something along the line of "fuckoff boomer!" but that is not right. It is being meant as a compliment or maybe a reflection of how old they feel. Still, I am no young man by any stretch of the imagination.
Maybe it is this purgatory between young and old that is the good place to be. Years enough to have accumulated some wisdoms but not as many as it takes to have given up the fight!
What better musical accompaniment for this one than Neil Young and Old Man?
Changes
I didn't look too much into the fog always lifts but no website and only social media accounts makes me wonder how much is original, and how much is rebranded regurgitation. Which is all I do for Zeke Thoughts so lets GO!
As a leader, parent, concerned friend and business consultant, I have to constantly remind myself that "I am not my brother's keeper." Even from my unqualified opinion and imperfect situation, occasionally, I feel I can see where a change SHOULD help alter someone's course and make things better for them. Is that enough hedging verbiage to make it sound less preachy?
Relinquishing myself of the burden inspiring change I believe would be for the better for someone I care about is something I have to learn to do. This meme helps with that. I cannot beg or shame or reason or preach someone into making a change they haven't decided to make for themselves. Until someone has walked a path long enough to decide to change course, their course will not change. I just have to shift my attention to those who have decided to change and be and enabler.
How about a beautiful Black Sabbath song about Changes?
May we benefit from the wisdom of warriors in eras gone by as we fight for our survival! If being thoughtful is up your alley, you have the option to delegate to @thoughfulposts to increase the rewards for positivity.
https://hive.blog/introduceyourself/@thoughtfulposts/thoughtfulposts-introduction-or-a-thoughtfuldailypost is the post that started it all way back in 2020!
I invite you to pen your own #thoughtfuldailypost any day of the week and share your insight on the world through your blog.
Wes & Grindan
