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Are our feelings working for us or against us? How can we know? When do we decide to trust our feelings?

Have you ever stopped to wonder why we do some of the things we do? If our answer is “just because”, it's probably a good time to revisit somethings. Chances are there is a better way. Chances are the way “it's been done“ or “the way we do it“ no longer makes sense.

What makes you want to persevere? What makes you want to continue against all odds? What keeps you moving forward?

Can curiosity go too far? Can a mind wander too far? How would we know when we've gone too far? And how would we find our way back? Or is the fear of being too curious an excuse not to wonder or not to challenge popularly held beliefs or thoughts?

Will we ever feel like we've arrived, that we are accomplished, that we made it?

Is it the absence of bad things, challenges and setbacks? Or is it the decision to move forward, to make the best of what we have?

Just because they can, doesn’t mean they will. Progress and change isn’t made just because people can. They have to be willing as well. No matter how much you show someone they can, no matter much you show them that it can be done, if they’re not willing, it won’t be done. You can always show them that it can be done, but them being willing is what makes the difference.

What if you stopped trying to convince others of your goals, your dreams, your vision? Why does it matter that they believe? And after you've convinced them, what next? What if you spent the time and energy you spend convincing others on actually doing the work? What if you don't do it to try to get their approval? What if you do it because your approval is sufficient?

They say visionaries need people to help them execute their vision. But what do they do when there's no one to help them execute their vision? What if no one sees it? When a vision seems too bizarre or too unrealistic to many, what do they do?

Thoughts about inspiring change: HOW DO YOU INSPIRE CHANGE? When it seems like the ones who need it aren't interested? When it seems like the ones who need to see the information aren't looking? When the ones who need to hear aren't listening? How do you get to them to look? How do you get them to listen? How do you get them to care? Or maybe we're mistaken. Maybe we're the ones who need to see what we're seeing. But why? ‍ Why did we stop to look? Why did we stop to listen? Why do we care? What made us see? What made us listen? Why does the message resonate with us? Why do we want the change for others? Why don't they want it for themselves?

How do you spend you 24 hours? Do you spend them on the things that matter the most to you? Do you spend them on trying to get closer to your goals? Or are you doing something else?

If you were to draw a line between someone's infancy and adulthood would it be a straight line? How did I get here? How did I become the person I am today? Was there any indication that I'd be this way? Had I grown up in a different environment what might my outcome be?

A riff on the The Risk Of Being Intentional. Inspired by a conversation I had with a stranger on Facebook.