At this morning’s discussion of Thay’s The Art of Communicating, Madalyn spoke about how she notices more interconnections the more she practices mindfulness. This reminded me of the following reflection from W. H. Murray, which I’ve adapted:
Until one is committed
There is hesitancy
The chance to draw back
Always ineffectiveness
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation)
There is one elementary truth
The ignorance of which
Kills countless ideas and splendid plans
That the moment one definitely commits oneself
Then providence moves too
All sorts of things occur to help one
Which would never otherwise have occurred
A whole stream of events issues from the decision
Raising in one’s favor
All manner of unforeseen incidents & meetings & material assistance
Which no man could have dreamt would have come his way
I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”
