This is a quote I saw on the back of a wine bottle the other night and thought it was worth commenting on.
“If feelings fail you vain will be your course. And idle what you plan unless your art springs from the soul with elemental force.”
This is my interpretation. “If feelings fail you vain will be your course.” When you are not connected to your feelings, your heart, you are connected to your mind, The Drunk Monkey. The Drunk Monkey is all about getting ahead, manipulating and strategizing to stay alive. This is self-centered, vain behavior.
“And idle what you plan unless your art springs from your soal with elemental force.” Stop taking action until you are inspired. If you take actions based on The Drunk Monkey’s goals to dominate, get ahead, stay alive, be important etc, then you will win the battle but lose the war. You can achieve your goals but you will be left feeling empty. Wait to be pulled forward by your inspiration and your goals and dreams will happen in magical ways and leave you feeling satisfied and complete.
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What excellent timing on this great article Matt! Last night while partying with ma boys I began to question my true motives on why I do certain things. Was it because I truly wanted to do them or was it because I wanted to have the approval of my friends &/or family? You are right on when you observed that “it doesn’t feel right” when it’s coming from the Drunk Monkey’s goals! Instead I changed my focus and just started doing things for rings true for me and not for my vanity or anybody else’s approval. Your blog absolutely cemented this concept for me. Thank you!
Posted on May 10th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
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