Gosh, thanks Slowly! I remember that as I purchased each new book that it felt like somehow magically the right book appeared in my hands at the right time. Now in retrospect I am beginning to see that almost ANY book was the right book because I lacked knowledge and many, many tools . . . but, as I go back to some of the ones I read early on in my BB life, I find other passages jump out at me and show me a new, more refined concept that I 'missed' on the first devour. I should "know" this because I'm in sales, and I have seen it 100's of times that I can tell customers about things & they seem to have no interest, and suddenly one day when they have a need, they ask me "do you offer this?" And it is precisely what I have been telling them over & over again. Lesson: you just don't "hear" what you need until you need it.
This particular passage struck me and as a person who congers up pictures in my head, I saw many of my friends here on the BB. I knew that a few of us needed to be reminded of this. It isn't really anything we already don't spend a lot time talking about here on the board, but it is well said. And the thought of "enlarging or diminishing" the potential or possibilities was, for me, inspiring.
I'm glad you found it helpful, Slowly. It is something I need to constantly remind myself of. But like you, I do have evidence that if I let go of things, particularly of my fears, I have enlarged the potential of SO and the possibilities.
I remember that as I purchased each new book that it felt like somehow magically the right book appeared in my hands at the right time. Now in retrospect I am beginning to see that almost ANY book was the right book because I lacked knowledge and many, many tools . . . but, as I go back to some of the ones I read early on in my BB life, I find other passages jump out at me and show me a new, more refined concept that I 'missed' on the first devour. I should "know" this because I'm in sales, and I have seen it 100's of times that I can tell customers about things & they seem to have no interest, and suddenly one day when they have a need, they ask me "do you offer this?" And it is precisely what I have been telling them over & over again. Lesson: you just don't "hear" what you need until you need it.
