Moonlit Mind #06 -The Surgical Act, The Cut and The Gold.
You have a choice to make. Your mind says YES and your gut says NO. People around you says YES, Go for it. And you still hesitate. In that hesitation, something inside burns. And that burning is…
You have a choice to make. Your mind says YES and your gut says NO. People around you says YES, Go for it. And you still hesitate. In that hesitation, something inside burns. And that burning is trying to tell you something.
"When I face unclear situations --> my job is not to fix, but to distinguish. What belongs to me and what doesn't. I will always list what's true and what's assumptions. With a big cross I will cut down all assumptions. In that situation, I become a razor. I don't bend myself to fit in the situation but cut cleanly through it." the client said and he was not sure whether he was right or not.
I euphorically said in my mind "oh yes, you are.". It's what I call tough love. Its refinement as well. A fire burns to remove impurities from gold. You can't blame the fire. It is what it does best and what comes out is pure gold.
And this is what I said to him. "when you need to speak the truth that stings, frame it as 'I am showing you the impurity so you can keep what's gold.' "
People love the ingenuity, the authenticity. People love to follow what's real.
The razor cuts. It doesn't apologize for the cut. And a good razor knows the difference between a cut and a wound. This is the art: knowing when to cut, know you will cut and accepting that sometimes the person bleeds before they heal.