life lessons
In 2005, I joined a men’s group. Eight of us get together for two hours every fortnight. One man chooses a topic and leads the meeting. A couple of months ago, Brent offered the following life story exercise via a preparatory email sent in advance: How many mistakes have you made?
Living from Being not Doing
“To be is to do.”
—Kant
“To do is to be.”
—Sartre
“Do-be-do—do-be-do”
—Sinatra
It is common to think that we are defined by what we do:
Doing –> Being
The problem then becomes: What should we do to be the person we want to be?
This leads to a lifetime trying to do the right thing, so we might be who we think we should be.
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