It can be difficult to get a good grasp of oneself, and the circumstance we are in at any given moment.

Depending on how one defines context may seem like some kind of self-fulfilling prophecy, but one has to start somewhere, even though “self” and context are all quite relative based on perspective

Which is why today’s words of wisdom are “quantifying dimensionality”, and all that it entails. I think there is something to be said about stressing the importance of self-identity, while at the same time “giving one room to breathe“, so to speak. I, myself, am always looking to be primed and ready, so letting myself be less than laser focused…on some level feels wrong, but that does not make make me anything less than what “an ideal me” would be in a lesser state of being. This line of thinking is more akin to contrasting one’s “difference of modes” I.E. the oscillation of orientation of self. In this way, I am usually within the moments of embodying something akin to this: “having my drawstring pulled back ready to let loose, my ability to fire, primed and at the ready, as if a bow completely taut and rife with tension.” I only iterate about myself in this regard to offer up an easy example to provide for your benefit, in framing the consideration of a “reification process of introspective enhancement”, which is what the words of wisdom is all about this day.

Building off of the taut bow analogy, and “exploring baseline”, perhaps to put it in another way, I’m a firm advocate of strengthening self-awareness, and on some level, it’s a lifelong process, that ultimately never has a point of completion, one needing always to re-up their own examination of self in an eternal process of becoming, as it were. An investigation into “the I”, to frame it in a Cartesian sensibility, and not being afraid to explore the boundaries of one’s essence, redrawing the map of understanding of personage, and fortifying the construct of personal definition. Where as with last week’s words of wisdom, I encouraged an exploration into how one “inhabits a function”, in a sense of being within the pretense of verbing, to phrase it another way, this week, the measurement process is one of exploring the “functionality of self“, how one operates, the variances of being, and all the transitional points in betwixt those peaks…leaving room for an appreciation of the valleys, as it were.

I know the process may sound abstract, but I think it’s key moments like these that help us understand who we really are, who we may have been, and help in understanding who we want to be. Within the realm of framework thinking, the approach on some level has to be a little amorphous, up to interpretation, and wide reaching in scope, as I think everyone should have the chance to opt into this examination process, and indeed, everyone does have the ability to do so, all it takes is a little effort in order to accomplish this endeavorous but worthwhile goal.

And really, if one doesn’t have time for oneself in a day, and who they want to become, what do they have time for?

As always, take care of yourself, and others.

-Pashford