I wonder how many calories could be saved if people spent less time judging something they read or heard to be one way or the other and more time coming to terms with the words they heard or read.
Reading Euclid, besides being an interesting geometry exercise, is giving me the gift of focus. I need to pay attention to each word, how words are strung together, and what that string means. I’m finding myself becoming more precise with the words I use and how I want those words to string together. I’m finding that I want to be that precise in my own performance — the notes I want to use and the string I want to use them in.
That compositional process is made more meaningful when the listener decides not to judge what they hear or read, but simply experience it without judgment.
The art of noticing and observation is a lost art. We can do with more of it.