06-02-2023, 02:36 AM
(06-01-2023, 07:42 PM)Duke.Togo Wrote: Maverick allows you to allow things to happen for you.
This statement is very much in line with a couple of things I've noted in my offline journal. I've noted that Maverick seems to function as a door opener. It doesn't push you through it. It allows you to either consciously walk through the door or to casually wander through the door without realizing it only to find yourself on the other side. Another thing I've noted is that Maverick seems to be a permission giver. It doesn't push. It allows (as Duke said).
A simple example of this is that hour and a half walk I took. After the first 30 min, I said to myself, "I need to go back home now." But I didn't want to go back home. Why force myself to stop doing something that I enjoyed? So I kept walking. The question of why I had initially felt compelled to keep myself in a rigid 30min structure led to another hour of deep pondering and it was incredible.
Another example is that I was at work, talking with the top two guys in the company. I relayed how I've been enjoying my new role and how I'm figuring out the "rules" to the game. I'm not going to get into details here, but I was very open about some things. In return, they were very open as well. There was nothing told to me that I hadn't already suspected, but it was interesting to hear it.
In both cases, I stepped out of bounds. But it didn't feel like I was stepping out of bounds. In one case, it felt like I looked around and didn't see the bounds any more. Where did they go? Did they ever exist? In the other case, it was in hind sight that I thought, "Holy Shit. That conversation just occurred."
As I type this, I'm realizing just how amazing this is and how Maverick has the potential to really bring true fulfillment to my life. In some cases, it has some big & crazy effects (the conversation mentioned above was pretty badass). But equally important to true fulfillment...and this is what I didn't understand until this weekend...are the small things that are already within grasp but regularly ignored (an extended walk, a bird chirping, sleeping late, sunshine, the smell of freshly cut grass, a puppy, etc.).
Amazing.
