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A beginners mind!

By Bamboo In The Wind

The first step is usually the important one. You are clueless about where it positions you. Hesitation weights on your mind. Is it an upward step or a downward one? What matters is that it's a step forward.

Have you noticed something, however? The first physical step you take is the aftermath of the step of taking a decision. The decision requires many more steps before the physical one shows up.

The decision is a follow-on of traversal to determine the upsides on benefits and downsides of missteps. It is a process to decide which actions can improve your odds of benefitting and then let you define a chain of such actions to realize those odds. Of course, this process depends on assumption and thus has exposure to the unexpected and uncertainty.

A curious, creative, fearless mindset helps in initiating the traversal. A humility and readiness to continuously learn are the best traits that act as guard rails supporting the traversal.

Once the traversals determine that the benefits outweigh the downsides, you get a go-ahead for your first step.

A beginner's mind is hungry, fearless, and has no qualms about comforts, resources, or perfection. It eyes exploration, application, and alteration for collecting shreds of evidence that the step taken is a step forward.

It teaches you that every new interaction is an opportunity to embrace a new perspective with an open mind. Unless evidence tells you otherwise. 

At this point, a beginner's mind kicks into action. Again.

The beginner's mind is an asset. It reflects the willingness to start putting behind the past. Repeatedly. No matter how you get here.


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