The Beauty Of The Pivot

Your beauty is also within the pivoting, studying, and experimenting. Don’t get confused with the silence or time. It takes patience for your roots to grow deeper as you level up.

Recently, I was reflecting about foundation. I feel it’s influenced individually, collectively, and by your environment.

Some of my many highlights as a kid was focused on mastery and understanding. For example, reading with my Mom consistently. So that by the time I started school, my reading and vocabulary were ahead of my class. Another example, learning and playing chess with my Dad. For me it was not about winning or losing. It was about mastery and understanding for the love of knowledge. Yes, I was only 8 or 9 years old at the time.

My Mom did her research and intentionally put me in Montessori school. I don’t know if the curriculum is still the same, but at that time, I learned to prioritize my love for masterying knowledge at my pace over short term accolades. There was no honor roll or multiple awards. I could examine one level or move ahead to higher levels at my speed. Parts of my learning was self-directed, with opportunities to develop independence, collaboration, initiative, and responsibility. My age or gender was never a restriction.

I feel that training (or conditioning) still influences my approach to reality.

And sometimes, our elders or guardians might second-guess the decisions they make for us. And we have to remember they are human, not gods or superheroes. But we should always remind them that the smallest things had the most significant and positive impact on us.

And other times, you might be around people who don’t have a similar foundation to you. That’s not good or bad, but that means we can’t follow the same speed or influences. We can learn from each other, but be careful not to get lost, confused, or fragmented.

For me, consistency or vision might look different next to another person. The foundation for my roots are already deep. With each level up transition, those roots have to grow deeper to sustain the height. That’s where the beauty continues.