Friday Foursight from The Daily Dap (Be a Sponge or Die)

Friday FOURsight includes FOUR sections - read them all or jump to your favorite:

1. Growth Notes: my weekly observations as I venture through my personal growth

2. Quotes + More Quotes: for a dose of needed inspiration

3. A Few Favorite Links: the most useful resources I sourced from the internet

4. Question For You: reflect as you best see fit

Growth Notes

Early in life toddlers don’t know much about the world.

They constantly stare and touch everything to try and puzzle together what ‘that thing” can be, and they rely on someone to teach them about the world.

At a young age, curiosity is at its highest. Children learn by asking questions, observing what is happening around them, and the good ole’ trial and error.

Then, the next stage in life comes when a young person starts learning about the world they live in.

They talk to people, interact with others, and learn things through school and on their own. Whatever it is. It can be learning how to play a sport, instrument, or magic tricks. There is always that quest for knowledge without them fully realizing because most of the time it is just something that peaks their interest.

But as people get older and older they stunt their internal growth by not consistently learning, not pondering life, and not asking questions. Curiosity seems to slowly decline from this point on.

On the other hand, others slowly and steadily build upon their current knowledge. Their knowledge continually compounds.

The main reason I bring this up is to highlight something: The progression we go through in life is perfectly applicable to a sponge. A sponge starts off dry, soaks up water, and is rid of all its liquids when it is done being used. The cycle always repeats. Dry, soak up water, and wring the water out.

Just like a sponge, a human starts off completely dry to the world. They don’t know anything and their journey in life has just begun… Then, they slowly progress and increase their knowledge through experience, exposure, and guidance. The sponge progressively absorbs more…. For the people that continue learning throughout life, there comes a point where they want to share all of their discoveries and findings. So they become a mentor, leader, and sharer of life. That is being a parent, role model, volunteer, older brother, friend, CEO, etc. They want to give to others and help others. That is the wringing of the water…. They squeeze out everything they have retained through the years to others.

The cycle repeats.

Learn, learn, learn, soak up knowledge through experience, exposure, and guidance, then finally give, give, give. Wring and repeat.

This life is a beautiful thing and this world is a beautiful place, if you choose it to be.

Be a sponge.

Absorb, wring, and repeat.

Quotes + More Quotes

"One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery over oneself." — Da Vinci

"There's always room for improvement, it's the biggest room in the house." — Anonymous

And this:

A Few Favorite Links

• Releasing your massteres & zygomatic orally

• Jack Ma: Believing in Your Vision Before Anyone Else

Question

Do you rest and recharge enough so you are not depleted for others?

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