The Remarkable Fools Letter

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Remarkable fools never get lost
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Remarkable fools never get lost

There are only two ways to go

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Jim Dalling
Oct 30, 2022
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One of the most onederful things about being a Remarkable Fool is that we know what mime’s know. With this knowledge, we’re never lost.

As we explored yesterday, everything is movement.

Movement means that something is going. If something is going, the something is going somewhere. That somewhere, where the something is headed, is its direction. Movement means that whatever is moving is moving in a specific direction. Are you with me? Is this path clear at all?

There are only two things that provide direction: We either move towards something / someone or away from something someone.

Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions. A conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self preservation, self aggrandizement and saving energy, and an expansive tendency, made up of instincts for exploring, for enjoying novelty and risk.1

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We move forward with curiosity. We move forward with desire. We move forward with anger when we attack. We move backward when we are repulsed. W…

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