There Are Many Ways

“There is always another way,” is one of my father’s most philosophic sayings that I initially thought pertained to confrontation. It is now that I see it have become much more within my values.

In my previous post There’s Always Another Way I speak about my experience of living in Hawaii. Noticing that most people settle their problems with hands rather than words.

Believing there is another way to solve a problem has burrowed itself into my psyche like the roots of a tree mapping itself in the soil below.

I recognize this sayings prominence in me when met with a difficult problem. I am human so I do get frustrated and stuck on things that baffle me, but I can’t just give up…

There is always another way.

I find that when someone tells me something isn’t possible much like how my mother use to pull the hair on the back of my neck for not holding the door open for others; isn’t possible halts me every time. Isn’t possible is disgusting, Isn’t possible makes you quit, Isn’t possible limits you, And isn’t possible won’t find what is.

Now to be clear Im aware that I’m not six plus feet tall so a career in basket ball isn’t easy to achieve, but there is always a way. Lets dive into this example. Lets say you are an even five feet tall and you want to be a professional basketball player.

To make up for your height difference what can be done? Take a second to think about it… I have come up with many. Thought that is only because I enjoy asking nonsense questions. I won’t list them as this is a question for you to answer to yourself.

Jordan Peterson once said, if you ask yourself an honest question you will come up with an answer. (Paraphrasing Of Course) He explains that a powerful enough question will illicit an honest response. The question then remains are you willing to listen to it and take action. Most won’t, but you don’t have to be most.

So with a powerful question can trigger an amazing unthought of solution.

My father’s lesson that there is always a way was supercharged with my mother’s passionate energy lets say and is why this has become branded into my soul. I use to think very little of myself. The only reason that mattered was how I saw myself and the lens I saw myself through was covered with shit. It took time to clear those glasses I saw the world through. During that time I was clearing my view I quit everything I did.

Now I embody that saying repeated above. I can not be told I can’t do something. This rebellious nature can be channeled into productivity. This boundless energy leaves me with a constant effort that can be given infinitely.

Here is the trick… You have to stay in line with it.

My partner will sometimes doubt her capabilities. She is a software engineer which means her job is doing constant puzzles all day long.

WHILE SITTING! I do not understand how she sits and does that… its a gift. Im a physical worker most the time. This writing I do is an exception.

I digress… each and every time she is frustrated with a puzzle piece that is missing from her code that will make it work she will tailspin into doubt. This strikes a hand full of flairs in my soul, like a mother lifting a car to save her baby I become enveloped with rage at the injustice my partner is placing on herself. I lunge at her like a cheetah in the wild, sprinting at her and with the linguistic ninjitsu of Mr. Miyagi to stop her from foiling her potential. With the articulation of Jordan Peterson I single handedly dismantle all bs she is telling herself. My main winning argument is that she has solved things before that she didn’t know then. Which then allows her to repeat the cycle of masterfully solving another bug in the system.

She does this for me as well. We are making quite the team.

For someone to lend themselves to the service of there is always a way one must live it as much as possible.

Meet problems with the gusto that there is always a solution because when this is done properly as long as you have time you will find an answer.

That’s why this works so well… It’s an internal belief that we will figure it out. I will always figure it out.

Knowing this means I need to keep myself in the condition to do so. Mentally Physically Spiritually

This is my Spirituality… Consistent belief that I will sort it out.