swishism

Say this to yourself like a coach would say it to a pro-athlete,  like Mick would have said it to Rock, after he fell off, turned soft and started doing commercials whilst sparring.

Or swap the fiery irish accent for a stirring Chicagoan admonition from the Commander-in-chief (see clip below).  Just stay hungry.

Inspired by Dan Pink’s post on hunger

swishism entry discipline, hunger, mentor-mentee

“More than sitting on O’s and splitting ‘em with commas,
I’m trying to build shoulders.where.infants.stand, honoured.”
-[verb]swish

Just a thought I’ve been having that seemed to also find expression in this shot (left).  Fair enough, the kid is not exactly standing, but that doesn’t detract from what I love about it: You get the sense that 1) the kid weighs something
2) that his Dad, head bowed and more in shadow, sets up his son to bask in the light triumphantly. Get a look at his face, he really is on top of the world! Great capture. Perhaps it really captures what being a dad is all about?

I don’t have kids yet, but when I do- I hope God’ll give me the grace to give them this. My birthday, yesterday, gave me pause to think about how much my own Dad has done this for me, not least in writing. Thanks Pops.

Picture by Randy Son of Robert
Currently listening to  Lupe’s “He Say She Say“

swishism entry inheritance, legacy, love, mentor-mentee, posterity, sacrifice, stand, triumph

This, under certain circumstances,  describes someone well on there way to confirmed faith, future or fortitude.

There is a flip side to this truism though, it describes a kind of ignorant impostor:
subject.who.imitates.sovereign… hapless

Here’s how it caches out:

1. If the subject is NOT very good, but the sovereign is excellent, the subject can and should learn (hopeful)
2. If the subject thinks he is good and the sovereign is excellent, the subject can still learn, but a  slower and harder way (hopeful)
3. If the subject is truly good, he is merely imitating a truly wonderful Sovereign (hopeful)
4. If the subject is NOT very good and/or the “sovereign” is an unyielding fake, then they’re both without hope.

Characters from C.S Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, illustrate this well.

• Lucy is a hopeful subject of a hopeful Aslan
• Edmund is the hapless subject of a hapless, charlatan Queen Witch
• Edmund though hapless at the start, becomes the subject of a hopeful Aslan (though Ed gets a smaller crown at the end). Perhaps the space between hapless and hopeful should be called grace?

swishism entry imitate, master, mentor-mentee, Narnia, protege, relastionship, rulership, sovereign, student, subject