Saturday, June 15, 2024
Achievement requires determination, but there are multiple ways of interpreting this word: Deter (discourage) + mine (possessiveness). Or : De (meaning completely) + terminare (terminate), completely terminate.
Deter mine = discourage possessiveness.
De – terminare = completely terminate.
You might think of determination as stick-to-itiveness. But there is nothing sticky about the etymology of this word. It implies letting go, ridding yourself of doubt, mental chatter, and the “need” for results. You are to terminate grit force and focus on practice, attentiveness, and process. To be determined is not to be possessive about deadlines and tangibility, but to be in a posture of allowance and freedom, practicing one detail at a time. At that level, you have all the time in the world because you’re practicing infinity, not results.
Result, as a verb, can be broken down as follows: Re – intense force + saltare – jump; to jump with intense force. Nature doesn’t do this. It unfolds. It’s steady, and the so-called result is not a jump, but a discovery on your part. “All of a sudden” the flower appears, but it’s because we’re unaware of the unseen micro-processes hidden in the background. It’s when you stop paying attention to results that they seem to come. Leave the rose bud alone. Terminate your obsessiveness, trust it, and it will open.
Determination is to terminate the perception of result, the fruit of your labor. Terminate doubt, competitiveness, possessiveness, and results. It’s not forcing or sticking to anything. It’s all about letting go, with the expectation that all is working, perfectly. Rid yourself of the garbage that most people are plagued with in thinking determination is some kind of sticky force, a jump, or clamping down. It’s all based on steady, open, and daily trust and allowance. Rid yourself of this idea of grit. It’s daily suppleness and joy that you’re after.