I ended last cycle with eight great speeches. Now, to bridge the gap, I want to start with one of my all-time favorite opening scenes1. It gives me goosebumps every time I see it. It also helps drive me forward to strive for better change by trying my best to bridge the gap. I think things are bad right now: corruption, famine, global warming, racism, war, etc. All that bad does not stop me from still seeing limitless beauty all around me. Even when current events are awful according to most places you look in the media, I still love those around me, and I still love everyone else to varying degrees, too. I feel like the darkness wants to close in and enshroud us, yet I happily press on. I choose to change myself and to control my light. I choose to try my best and to build a bridge towards a future that I can truly be proud of. We each have a lane to live in. I now think about the elevations of each of our lanes, too. Here is a sugjestion: is your lane down in a rut right now, or might it be sky-high? Also, how do you think those changes in elevation happen? By choosing to build a bridge. So, mind the gap as they say across the pond, and then bridge the gap.
The best and safest style of bridges need the right types and amounts of support in the optimal places. The starting point of the bridge is your past; you have to own where you came from and what has made you you along the way. The bridge’s ending point should be some goal(s) that you have for your life. My next sugjestion is to start there if you do not have those plans in place yet. Then, as for the supports of the bridge in between the beginning and the end, I believe that is where your values or moral code come into play. By first building yourself up correctly from the ground up, later on, you will have no need to question the reliability of the supports that hold your bridge up optimally and safely.
Steadfast belief and confidence in yourself is what I suppose I am getting at here and trying to recommend to each and every one of us. Be able to meet resistance along the way from any and all sides; do not let it sway you. I am not saying to proceed blindly, foolishly, or stubbornly, though. It is important, IMO, to continually question our beliefs and our surroundings. I often practice a running (or perhaps walking) internal dialogue of Q&A in order to keep reevaluating my beliefs so that I can learn and grow. We can each question these things and adapt accordingly while also maintaining belief and confidence in our values or moral code. Ideal self-belief should be shored up strongly as a constant. Belief of or in true truths should be sought after sincerely as a sustained, secret search.
I believe that we each must be the architect of our bridge(s). After all, IMHO, we should each be responsible for our own lanes. If you rely on others, then just stop and imagine what happens to that bridge of yours when they pull their supports out from under it… and from under you. I am truly happy to consult with you on bridge building. I like to see how much I can learn from others, and maybe, just maybe, I can help others, too. So, to be transparent with y’all, I plan on revamping other pages of this site this week/cycle. After all, it has already been up and running for three full cycles. I consider that first one to be pure chaos as I slowly pieced the plan together more and more. Then, it was love, and, most recently, it was change. As we swirl through this chaos, I believe we must channel love and change if we wish to grow and thrive. If we can help work on building the best bridge(s) that we can together, then check out the Donate page once it is overhauled if you want to reach out and see if we can connect. I am new to this, but I am eager. I will give you my best for a week if you are willing to take a chance and adventure with me.
Repeating myself to build a solid support, I will say it one more time because I think the best parts need to be shouted louder for those in the back (or those down in the ruts):
Mind your gap, then bridge your gap. Please. :)
There is enough room on the high way for us all.
Maybe it is wise. Maybe it is dumb. Time will tell.
- Language warning – some profanity in the video ↩︎