blink
Every now and then, through fate or serendipity of the quick click of a mouse, you come across a thought, or phrase or quote that happens to be just exactly the very thing you needed to read that that moment in time. Something that brings all the pieces together and results in a sweet space of pure clarity in the midst of chaos. Yesterday I clicked from Kate’s blog to this link and read this:
“That moment
When you are sitting right on the edge of something daring and scary and creative and powerful and perhaps wonderful… and you blink and take a step back.
That’s the moment. The moment between you and remarkable. Most people blink. Most people get stuck.
All the hard work and preparation and daring and luck is nothing compared with the ability to not blink.”
*The moment between you and remarkable*
How many times have you been in that moment? At the threshold of something big and exciting and terrifying and potentially incredible? How many times did you blink?
I’m a blinker. I get stuck. It’s all the worse for knowing it, realizing it, and not being able to find the inner courage to just open my eyes and step with complete clarity into the brilliance ahead.
A vow to myself, for the next time I am in that space, to keep my eyes open, and take a big step forward.
Into the moment.
Sometimes I don’t blink. I lay down and take a nap.
Comment by Karen — 06.19.07 @ 12:30:10
Great thought. Very true. (I found your blog through Kate’s) - look forward to reading more…
Comment by Joanna — 06.19.07 @ 3:17:35
Yeah, I read this too a few days ago and absolutely fell in love with it. I think, if we’ve birthed a child then we’ve all had that moment where we DON’T blink. You have too.
XOXO
Comment by Leigh — 06.19.07 @ 3:32:58
Very inspiring, Jeanette.
Comment by Lisa P — 06.19.07 @ 3:41:06
Bedtime does suck. I like to do the dishes and try to get Alan to handle bedtime. My excuse is that he needs to spend the time with the kids, but the truth is that I am just too cranky to corral kids into bed. One thing we do that I think works for us is the kids are responsible for as much of the bedtime routine as possible. They have their “5 things” that they do before bed.
#1: go potty
#2: wash hands
#3: brush teeth
#4: wash face
#5 put on pajamas
I totally feel your pain about squeezing everything into a day (week, month, year…). This stay at home mom thing is exhausting!
Comment by Karen — 06.22.07 @ 11:13:47
where have you been, my sweet? I’ve been distracted by your photography gorgeousness.. just realized you’ve been writing again and I’ve been missing out. But joyful that I have archives to read through, yay!
Seth Godin is quite the genius. A marketing celebrity, author-slash-philosopher, uncovers all kinds of incredibly provocative nuggets. Glad you liked it.
Here are a couple of others of him that I’d bookmarked, both of them fantastically thinky:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/04/id_ignore_him_t.html
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/how_to_be_a_gre.html
The ‘pearls before breakfast’ one is all about beauty. The audience one I love because it’s a much bigger lesson for how we live life.
Comment by sweetsalty kate — 06.23.07 @ 4:26:20
where have you been, my sweet? I’ve been distracted by your photography gorgeousness.. just realized you’ve been writing again and I’ve been missing out. But joyful that I have archives to read through, yay!
Seth Godin is quite the genius. A marketing celebrity, author-slash-philosopher, uncovers all kinds of incredibly provocative nuggets. Glad you liked it.
Here are a couple of others of him that I’d bookmarked, both of them fantastically thinky:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/04/id_ignore_him_t.html
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/how_to_be_a_gre.html
The ‘pearls before breakfast’ one is all about beauty. The audience one I love because it’s a much bigger lesson for how we live life.
Comment by sweetsalty kate — 06.23.07 @ 4:27:13