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Cultivating Wisdom and the Power of Rest

This episode delves into the importance of being mindful of our internal scripts, the distinction between wisdom and knowledge, and the significance of being intentional in our actions.

00:00 Introduction: Embracing Wisdom and Internal Scripts

00:09 The Power of Internal Scripts: Shifting Perspectives

00:49 Understanding Wisdom: Beyond Knowledge

01:11 The Essence of Intentionality and Meaningful Action

01:51 The Importance of Rest and Solitude

02:55 Reflection and Questions for Personal Growth

03:34 Concluding Thoughts: The Cycle of Effort and Rest

About Josh Kalsbeek, LMFT

• As a Psychoherapist Josh helps people overcome their greatest struggles.

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Wisdom​

Take meaningful action

Slow​ down.

​Reflect​ in ​silence​.

Seek cycles of extraordinary ​effort​ and deep ​rest​ so that you can ​flourish​.

Ethan Hawke, ​Rules for a Knight

John Ortberg, ​Soul Keeping

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Words of Wisdom 126.

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On Internal Scripts, Rest,

and Extraordinary Effort.

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Be mindful of your internal scripts.

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The way you talk to yourself

and others about who you are.

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One of the quickest ways to prevent

yourself from learning a new skill

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or developing a new practice is to

limit your identity and to not focus

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on what you enjoy about the process.

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For example:

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"I'm not a morning person" vs.

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"I crave the early morning quiet."

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"I could never do that."

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vs.

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"Why not me?"

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"I'm not a runner" versus " I

enjoy getting outside.

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I'm an athlete.",

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2 Wisdom is more than knowledge.

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Wisdom is using a constellation of

knowledge to live in a skillful way

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that is good, true, and beautiful.

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Wisdom embodies virtue.

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Knowing, loving, and doing the good

with joy as you walk in the Spirit.

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Being intentional is focusing

on meaningful action.

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Meaning is determined by your

values and God's direction.

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Slow down, reflect in silence.

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Taking meaningful action over the

long run compounds your results.

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Quotes.

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"Ordinary effort, ordinary results.

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Luck is the residue of design.

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Be Steadfast.

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The anvil outlasts the hammer, by Ethan

Hawke, in his book Rules for a Knight.

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Have you ever felt that you needed

the time and space to let your

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soul catch up with your body?

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That's a good indication

your soul needs rest.

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Doing nothing is doing a lot.

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The capacity to do nothing is actually

evidence of a lot of spiritual growth.

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The French writer Blaise Pascal wrote

centuries ago, "I have discovered that

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all of the unhappiness of man arises from

one single fact, that they are unable

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to stay quietly in their own room."

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In solitude, we liberate ourselves

from the pressure of the world.

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You don't do that by going into solitude

with a list of things you want to work on.

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You don't even approach solitude with

the expectation that you will come

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away with some deep spiritual insight.

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It's not about what you're going to do.

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It's about what you're not going to do.

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In solitude, you rest.

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By John Ortberg.

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In his book, Soul Keeping.

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. Questions.

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What practice do you need to develop?

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One of increasing your knowing,

your loving, or your doing.

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What internal script can

you practice improving?

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What is the most meaningful action you

can take today that will shape you five

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years from now if you stick with it daily?

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What is something you can do

today for the pure joy of it?

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Use these questions as a journal prompt

and to guide your prayers this week.

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Endnote.

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Seek cycles of extraordinary effort

and deep rest so that you can flourish.

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Live wisely, Josh.