I love this womanâs poetry.
Iâm going to nickname my nose âWiselyâ
Read a nice article today so wanted to share the following excerpt:
Growth starts with you, stepping up proactively, building opinions and voicing opinions like an owner, despite your fear and doubt. Attempt by attempt, you will make your breakthrough.
Can you link to the full article (assuming itâs online and not paywalled xD )?
Apologies, I didnât think anyone would be interested in it.
Here it is: How to Become a Senior Designer
Itâs a YT Short I know, and we have a thread for that, sure. But I thought this was more inspirational than random.
Iâm positive that this thread has been neglected! So hereâs some inspiration for you for any time youâre feeling like you need a like boost.
This is Harry Baker. Heâs a mathematician and a spoken-word poet. Yes, yes he is both those things at the same time. He is funny. He is inspirational. He is a master wordsmith. He is a very decent human being. This is his poem, âWonderfulâ.
May you always picture where you are as where youâre meant to be.
May you take in your surroundings like you visited especially.
We all end up in the soil eventually, so may you
carry such goodness that it nourishes for centuries.
May you see life as a show and may the entry fee be empathy,
sat front row with an empty seat for friends in need.
When youâre on form, be generous and spread that energy.
When youâre not sure, be gentle with yourself
and donât forget to breathe.
You need not be defined by your many feats: you are not a centipede.
There is a joy in doing some things terribly.
May you share brews and bruises and may you do this tenderly.
You are the most improved you there has ever been.
Of all the words youâll ever hear, remember these:
life is too short to eat celery.
Life is too long to feed jealousy.
Life is likely just the right length to need therapy.
May you be seriously silly, may you be wickedly kind.
May you be brilliantly dumb sometimes and yet stupidly bright.
May you certainly have doubts, may your weirdness be the norm.
May the coolest thing about you be your warmth.
May you be powerfully vulnerable, or at least mightily soft.
May you be a contradiction, and yet at the same time not.
And, whether you were any, none or all of the above,
above all, may you know that you are loved.
May you understand that itâs okay to change your mind.
And thank you in advance for all the ways youâre changing mine.
May you always make room for playfulness. It may just save your life.
And trust whatever makes your heart grow cannot be a waste of time.
It may not make you money. It may not even make sense.
But if it makes you happy, it is worth it in the end.
And it is worth it at the time, and it deserves your very best.
And you are never too busy to catch your breath.
Just as you cannot be in traffic without being traffic,
life is not something that you are stuck in while it happens.
There is more in you than you could possibly imagine.
The very fact that you exist makes everything a bit more magic.
When it all feels too much and there is little you can do,
may you still see the best in people and may people include you.
May one thing match the gravity of all youâve ever done.
This wonderful reality: the best is yet to come.
Hereâs one of a number of TED Talks Harry has given (I think this one may be the first he did?) that helps explain his love for both mathematics and poetry. In it, he recites his very first poem, â59â, which he describes as âa love poem for lonely prime numbersâ.
If you enjoyed that and have time to go down the rabbit hole, go find his TED talk about how learning German taught him about the connection between logic and words.
Shee-yoh! What a WONDERFUL poem! That is so good!