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Practice periphery vision...that's where creative ideas live

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Sea to Sky Premier Properties (Salt Spring)


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Been practicing your periphery vision? Exercising your editing function? Reading a little philosophy now and again?

Raw data (even when speeded up) is not information.

The Japanese concept of forest bathing might be a way to allow one to remember how to be oneself, in the midst of all the speedy innovations, changes, inventions.

Just stopping to breathe, to appreciate Nature, might be one path to understanding the surround sound of our time? Hmmm.... Wasn't that the message of the Romantic poets and composers, as the agrarian world morphed into the Industrial Age?

Maybe it's time to re-read Alice Through the Looking Glass...Alice had to run very fast just to stand still. Yes, this was written for another era, the fully on Victorian industrial time, and was imagined by a mathematician...maybe the perfect story to rediscover for our binary age?

In change lies opportunity. Catch it!

2020 smiles hello.

 

 

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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Good morning, Li Read what a thought provoking post... I love several statements you've made here.... but "in change lies opportunity. Catch it!" makes you stop and think.

Jan 30, 2020 03:31 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Feb 01, 2020 07:10 PM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Li. I really enjoyed this and the agree the periphery is generally where it happens for me too. On a side note, please use a bigger font. Hard to read for me.

Feb 02, 2020 06:37 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Good morning. Nature truly does heal and center us. Thank you for sharing!

Feb 02, 2020 06:55 AM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

I just say Mandy Patinkin say this morning that it is in the diffcult times with challenges you learn the most.

Feb 02, 2020 08:34 AM
Li Read
Sea to Sky Premier Properties (Salt Spring) - Salt Spring Island, BC
Caring expertise...knowledge for you!

Thank you to all of you for your comments...most appreciated!

Feb 02, 2020 10:10 AM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Good afternoon Li Read -  being willing to change opens you up to new possibilities.

Feb 02, 2020 11:57 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Li Read Great post, you certainly are correct with changes comes new opportunites, Happy Ground Hog Day

Feb 02, 2020 12:26 PM
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

I am so glad that Kathy Streib featured you!  Lets hear it for new opportunities! 

Feb 02, 2020 08:06 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

Another inspirational post....love the last line, and thanks Kathy for highlighting your post!

Feb 03, 2020 06:31 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good morning Li Read ,

I'm so glad Kathy Streib featured you post in her "Ah-Ha" moments for the week. Love the last line and will commit to memory!

Feb 03, 2020 07:40 AM
Li Read
Sea to Sky Premier Properties (Salt Spring) - Salt Spring Island, BC
Caring expertise...knowledge for you!

Am so appreciative at hearing from you all...and very glad that Kathy brought my post to your attention.   Thank you!!!

Feb 03, 2020 08:50 AM
Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543
Realty ONE Group Advocates 484-237-2055 - Downingtown, PA
Selling the Main Line & Chester County

I love forest bathing, I feel my worries/troubles/concerns drift away and just enjoy where I am. Good reminder.

Feb 03, 2020 09:44 AM
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mortgage Originator - FHA/VA/Conv/Jumbo/Portfolio/Refi
NMLS #216987, IL Lic. 031.0006220, WI Licensed. APMC NMLS #175656 - New Lenox, IL
708.921.6331 - 40+ yrs experience

Excellent post, Li Read ... love the analogy of "peripheral" vision ...

Gene

 
Feb 03, 2020 01:53 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi LI:

What a thoughtful post this was, with some important messages to ponder.

I especially liked your second to last line..I just changed brokerages last week and this spoke to me loud and clear!

Jeff

Feb 03, 2020 05:56 PM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

First of all, I love your post, Li - and am in complete agreement with you!

Love this quote, "Just stopping to breathe, to appreciate Nature, might be one path to understanding the surround sound of our time..."

Secondly, RAFFI!  OMG, our son was home at Christmas and we had Alexa play some Raffi tunes and, despite it being decades since either of us had heard his songs, we remembered all of the words! We LOVED Raffi!  Thanks for making the connection, Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD!

Feb 03, 2020 09:10 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Good Tuesday morning, Li.

Have a great day and an outstanding week.

Feb 04, 2020 03:25 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Li, when there is change needed, do it right away, don't wait, or your business will suffer.  Great post.

Feb 05, 2020 06:28 AM
Li Read
Sea to Sky Premier Properties (Salt Spring) - Salt Spring Island, BC
Caring expertise...knowledge for you!

Truly appreciate all of your comments!!!!!

Feb 05, 2020 10:13 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Li Read - this is another example of how your soul shines through your writing. I like how you think and convey positive energy here on ActiveRain. Truly, you are a gift!

Mar 06, 2020 05:03 PM
Li Read

Thank you, Patricia, for your kind words.

Mar 07, 2020 11:27 AM