people say...

People say they want help, when they want attention.
they say they want to listen, when they want to be heard.
we know this by what you say, by how you look, by what we can feel.
everyone else would feel it, too, if they were not similarly self-absorbed and uninterested in you.
you must first of all find out from yourself if you want to learn and why you want to learn.
if you go somewhere to buy something, you must first earn the money, and have some idea of what you need.
if you have idle wants and do not know your needs, you have a long way to go.
if you become diverted from us by our behavior, you would never have been able to keep pace with us, anyway.
if this sounds unpleasant, it does not signify that it is meant to be unpleasant. if you think that we are unpleasant, you are holding up a mirror to yourself, and saying. "look at them!"

-salahudin afranji

found in "caravan of dreams" by idries shah

this quote sums up so much, the guises attention seeking behavior takes, the ways we hide from the truth by calling it something else. to see attention seeking behavior for what it is alters ones perception of the world at large, think of it as sort of "social physics", a discovery of a cosmic force that can explain (and sometimes predict) behavior... it is also can add a level of empathy, but only to a point.... i am rambling, the other reason why i love this quote is the phrase "you must first of all find out from yourself if you want to learn and why you want to learn." wanting to learn is not a given, reasons are important because they give substance to the want, and that ultimately, it is each individual that has to make the decision, and do the work. this is about responsibility. this is about progress. this is about getting shit done.


wod:
warmup:
deadlift
1x10 @ 135#

3x10 @ 205#

workout:

2 minutes work, 1 minute rest

1. one handed KB swing (switch as necessary)
2. KB snatch (switch hands as necessary)
3. Goblet squat

3 rounds, 53# KB (switched to 36 near the end of the snatch/swing rounds 2 & 3)

cooldown:

med ball games...