Hi Tom, I appreciate what you are saying in this latest missive. This is exactly how it's turning out for me, since I chose to follow the serendipity last November. Perhaps these circumstances will also find you. And I'm not asking you to change your position - I'm perfectly happy to endorse your work, even if you don't endorse mine. I would share it with my friends. I'm sure they will find it valuable.
I do think it really depends on your season in life. There are times for knowing and learning, doing, becoming and simply being. Not all of those states require outward momentum, or active expression.
You’re right that life has seasons—and the article isn’t arguing against them. Rest, reflection, and stillness are real and necessary. The garden has winters. The peacock doesn’t dance every hour of every day.
But notice what you just did: you had a thought, and you let it out. You didn’t wait for the perfect season. You didn’t wonder whether it was worth saying. You expressed something that was alive in you—and now it’s here, in relationship with this idea, making it richer.
That’s the whole point.
The article isn’t a call to constant outward momentum. It’s a push against chronic self-concealment—the kind that masquerades as patience, or humility, or waiting for the right time. There’s a difference between a flower that’s dormant and one that’s hiding. One is nature. The other is fear.
Even in your quietest season, you’re still in relationship with the world. Expression doesn’t require hustle. It requires honesty.
So I’m curious—what exactly were you disagreeing with? Because from where I’m standing, you just proved the point.
Hi Tom, I appreciate what you are saying in this latest missive. This is exactly how it's turning out for me, since I chose to follow the serendipity last November. Perhaps these circumstances will also find you. And I'm not asking you to change your position - I'm perfectly happy to endorse your work, even if you don't endorse mine. I would share it with my friends. I'm sure they will find it valuable.
I do think it really depends on your season in life. There are times for knowing and learning, doing, becoming and simply being. Not all of those states require outward momentum, or active expression.
You’re right that life has seasons—and the article isn’t arguing against them. Rest, reflection, and stillness are real and necessary. The garden has winters. The peacock doesn’t dance every hour of every day.
But notice what you just did: you had a thought, and you let it out. You didn’t wait for the perfect season. You didn’t wonder whether it was worth saying. You expressed something that was alive in you—and now it’s here, in relationship with this idea, making it richer.
That’s the whole point.
The article isn’t a call to constant outward momentum. It’s a push against chronic self-concealment—the kind that masquerades as patience, or humility, or waiting for the right time. There’s a difference between a flower that’s dormant and one that’s hiding. One is nature. The other is fear.
Even in your quietest season, you’re still in relationship with the world. Expression doesn’t require hustle. It requires honesty.
So I’m curious—what exactly were you disagreeing with? Because from where I’m standing, you just proved the point.