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Childish ?

When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity - Michael B Johnson

When it comes to solving problems, channeling your inner child can really pay off. It all starts with thinking small. While thinking small wont win you many points with the typical big thinker, there are at least a few noteworthy advocates of our approach. Sir Isaac Newton, for instance.

Maybe we believe in the power of thinking small only because we are so bad at thinking big. Another cardinal rule of thinking like a child is dont be afraid of the obvious. If you are willing to confront the obvious, you will end up asking a lot of questions that others dont.

Albert Einstein liked to say everything should be mad as simple as possible, but not simpler. It is easy to get seduced by complexity; but there is virtue in simplicity too.

Why do so many frown so sternly at the idea of having fun ? perhaps out of fear that it connotes you arent serious. But best as we can tell, there is no correlation between appearing to be serious and actually being good at what you do. In fact an argument can be made that the opposite is true.

Have fun, think small, dont fear the obvious -- there are all childlike behaviors that, according to us at least, an adult would do well to hang on to.

The problem with inner child is that if it keeps showing too often, people label you as childish. - Shon Mehta

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A thread from @alexshibutani’s Twitter:

Last night was a dream that became a reality. @MaiaShibutani and I have worked so hard for this! Proud to be the first ice dance team of Asian descent to win a medal at the @olympics.

When we started skating together, Maia and I didn’t see any teams on the ice that looked like us. There weren’t too many sibling teams either.

Being so “different” could have been a warning sign… but we were 9 and 12 years old and didn’t see ourselves as “different”. We were just having a blast skating together.

Throughout our career (14 years and counting), we have had to, and will continue to push past stereotypes, labels, doubters, and cynics.

We have become successful BECAUSE we are siblings and family. Not in spite of that fact. We have challenged ourselves to grow, innovate, and embrace what makes us different from other teams BECAUSE our differences are what make us unique.

When someone tells you that you can’t do something or that your success will be limited because of how you look, or who you are, keep moving forward. Set yourself apart by finding a way to utilize your strengths. Never stop believing in yourself.

Believe in your dreams and surround yourself with people who nurture and believe in your dreams as much as you do. Sometimes the journey can be lonely, but fortunately, Maia and I have always had each other.

You don’t have to look like anyone else. You don’t have to be, or skate like anyone else. You don’t have to fit the mold or follow the path that everyone else is on. Just find, and be yourself. (at PyeongChang)

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Home

home should be a place of rest, a source of inspiration, a healing retreat, a place to replenish our energy reserves, and find new vitality, harmony, and serenity. comfort is an art, and without it, any attempt at decoration will be in vain. there is no beauty without empty space. there is no music without silence. everything takes on meaning and significance.

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let me walk upon the waters wherever You would call me.

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i just want to turn my mind off.

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This is our family first project -- [V]

Every family has a story to tell. Welcome to Ours!

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the world is a huge space, but the space that will take you in – and it doesn’t have to be very big – is nowhere to be found. you seek a voice, but what do you get ? silence. you look for silence, but guess what? all you hear over and over and over is the voice of this omen. and sometimes this prophetic voice pushes a secret switch hidden deep inside your brain.

your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. all signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away by that rush of water. and still the rain beats down on the surface of the river. every time you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: that’s it. that’s my heart.

#kafka on the shore

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Trust

Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships

–Stephen Covey

in fact, it is easy to gain trust, but the thing that makes it difficult to gain is the human who we thought they were trustworthy.

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It's so easy to get misunderstood nowadays, especially when all most people do is assume.

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it's just sad that when i push people away they just go and don't even try to stay

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?

Something I can comfortably hug.