there is no try.

December 23, 2010 in Uncategorized

Sam-trapeze (Sam Keen and trapeze)

I'm participating in a 31-day blogging challenge called reverb10, responding to writing prompts that are designed to elicit reflections on 2010, and hopes for 2011. You can find out more about it here. I am challenging myself to respond to each prompt in 15 minutes or less.

Today's challenge: Try – What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it?

 

there is no try.

Do or do not do. There is no try. -Yoda

I don't want to try anything next year. I just want to do things. I either want to do them, whole body leap over the trapeze bar, or I want to sit still and read novels by old Russian novelists who liked run-on sentences.

I don't want to try, I want to do or not do.

I don't want to try to learn sign language. I want to learn sign language.

I don't want to try to write a book with my husband. I want to write a book with my husband.

I don't want to try to write about grief and loss. I want to write about grief and loss.

I don't want to try to fly trapeze with Sam Keen. I want to fly trapeze with Sam Keen.

I don't want to try to create a symphony project with David Robinson. I want to create a symphony project with David Robinson.

I don't want to try to see the Grand Canyon for the first time. I want to see the Grand Canyon for the first time.

I don't want to try to be kinder. I want to be kinder.

I don't want to try to simplify. I want to simplify.

I don't want to try to get to Tybee Island and sit still on hot sand for a few days. I want to get to Tybee Island and sit still on hot sand for a few days.

I don't want to try to make the world a better place. I want to make the world a better place.

I don't want to try to get more fit and eat better and lose weight. I want to get more fit and eat better and lose weight.

I don't want to try to be vegan. I want to be vegan.

I don't want to try to reduce my footprint on the planet. I want to reduce my footprint on the planet.

Try is a hedge, a way out, a disclaimer, a deflection.

Leap.

 

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

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