1/ 🧵 Mentor-Mentee topic: MEANWHILES
Mentees often tell me they feel stuck in time with no progress in achieving their goals. This is a Meanwhile. As humans, we want to get through meanwhiles, but they are important times of growth. Don’t rush meanwhiles!
Some thoughts…
Mentees often tell me they feel stuck in time with no progress in achieving their goals. This is a Meanwhile. As humans, we want to get through meanwhiles, but they are important times of growth. Don’t rush meanwhiles!
Some thoughts…
2/ When I was in college, a mentor taught me about the 3 major types of meanwhiles.
1. Uneventful Occurrence.
2. Unknowing.
3. Not Yet.
Don’t let fear drive you past the riches of these meanwhiles!
Let’s break them down…
1. Uneventful Occurrence.
2. Unknowing.
3. Not Yet.
Don’t let fear drive you past the riches of these meanwhiles!
Let’s break them down…
3/ Meanwhiles of Uneventful Occurrence:
Tedium is not just OK. It’s necessary. Ordinary times are preparation for fruit to come. Let the grace of your routine establish sustainable balance in your life…one day at a time…in this we grow.
Tedium is not just OK. It’s necessary. Ordinary times are preparation for fruit to come. Let the grace of your routine establish sustainable balance in your life…one day at a time…in this we grow.
4/ Meanwhiles of Unknowing:
These are times spent in inactivity because of not knowing what to do. The digital age breeds impatience. Do not give in to anxiety here, because wisdom is accrued during this meanwhile by learning to live in the moment without future-casting.
These are times spent in inactivity because of not knowing what to do. The digital age breeds impatience. Do not give in to anxiety here, because wisdom is accrued during this meanwhile by learning to live in the moment without future-casting.
5/ Meanwhiles of Not Yet:
It can be frustrating & tense when we know what we want to do but can't yet do it. These are the unspectacular times during which we are formed. These are perhaps the hardest of all the meanwhiles. We're all fired up to act, but are forced to wait...
It can be frustrating & tense when we know what we want to do but can't yet do it. These are the unspectacular times during which we are formed. These are perhaps the hardest of all the meanwhiles. We're all fired up to act, but are forced to wait...
6/ Meanwhiles are like a garden. After planting seeds, you see dirt for a long time, yet there’s a LOT of activity going on. When green sprouts show, a foundation of roots has been established to allow the plant to endure harsh weather & grow in stature. Patience, Grasshopper!
7/fin
My mentor told me: “Meanwhiles are not lost days. They are priceless times of hidden growth. When our meanwhile is done, something remarkable happens. Life becomes extraordinary when we allow the ordinary times of life to accrue through the meanwhiles!
My mentor told me: “Meanwhiles are not lost days. They are priceless times of hidden growth. When our meanwhile is done, something remarkable happens. Life becomes extraordinary when we allow the ordinary times of life to accrue through the meanwhiles!
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