He didn't need all 6 days. He could have spoken everything into perfect existence instantly.
But He chose to show us His method: order from chaos, light from darkness, fullness from emptiness.
The pattern is evident:
Israel: slavery > wilderness > promise land
Jesus: suffering > death > resurrection
People: darkness > surrender > light
Good work is typically accomplished with progression and order. And rarely (if ever) without challenges. It's been this way since Gen 1.
closing section of buffett's final letter:
"One perhaps self-serving observation. I’m happy to say I feel better about the second half of my life than the first. My advice: Don’t beat yourself up over past mistakes – learn at least a little from them and move on. It is never too late to improve. Get the right heroes and copy them. You can start with Tom Murphy; he was the best.
Remember Alfred Nobel, later of Nobel Prize fame, who – reportedly – read his own obituary that was mistakenly printed when his brother died and a newspaper got mixed up. He was horrified at what he read and realized he should change his behavior.
Don’t count on a newsroom mix-up: Decide what you would like your obituary to say and live the life to deserve it.
Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts of money, great amounts of publicity or great power in government. When you help someone in any of thousands of ways, you help the world. Kindness is costless but also priceless. Whether you are religious or not, it’s hard to beat The Golden Rule as a guide to behavior.
I write this as one who has been thoughtless countless times and made many mistakes but also became very lucky in learning from some wonderful friends how to behave better (still a long way from perfect, however). Keep in mind that the cleaning lady is as much a human being as the Chairman."
@immad@typesfast If he had to star an entirely new business in a different industry with 500k in startup capital but he couldn’t leverage his existing network for anything, what would he do? And how? This guy is a G and whatever he touches will work. Curious what he’d do.
Please take the time to visit and follow Jesse’s Caring Bridge page. An unbelievable family being confronted with unspeaking life circumstances. What I love about Jesse is that he is gearing up to fight, while also not looking at God or these circumstances with contempt.
@joshgessner Great thread — Now you’ve got me wondering what the British should have done instead?! 🤓
Perhaps the incentive was fine and all that was missing is the accountability element — strict penalties for gaming the system. Farmers get fed to their pets?
@BrentBeshore Hmmm…. Your personal operating system for
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