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Traversing from flashes to action!

By Bamboo In The Wind

Gathering thoughts requires some work. Thoughts are usually flashes of something that resonates with us momentarily. We can imagine ourselves being a part of it. We can even place ourselves as participants in those. The trouble is how to hang on to those transient themes. Locking them up for processing later is futile.

Hanging on to those thoughts needs some concrete physical action to share. It creates an exchange that builds a system of sender-receiver passage and a method for correcting an exchange.

Creating physical action involving others is problematic because it places the onus on us to put a stake in the ground right away that we have had a thought that has perceived benefit to us in our mind. It requires running a risk of knowing that them not seeing the benefits we see. At least until they see the side of it that is closer to their belief system. 

Everyone has flashes of interest. Often concretized priorities lead to expectations that can dwindle the possibility of building something of common platform interest. This means that we need to be prepared to see others say no. Until they can visualize being a part of what we think we want to be a part of. 

Paving a way to express is a generous act. Make the path bidirectional, which helps find the commonalities of belief systems as you traverse them. Before we know it, the environment becomes conducive to understanding and adjusting the interests such that the common platform of interest is natural to embark on.

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