FIRE IN THE HEART

Fire In The Heart (Ice In The Mind) Terry Christenson 2021

     Balance. Without it, whatever your passion is, you become very vulnerable to exploitation by those who are unbalanced. Ice in the mind is not at all like ice in the heart. I remember the well known expression ‘they have ice in their veins’, when referring to someone who’s being couragous, totally focused and winning against all odds. This seems to suggest that we have to be cold blooded, reptillian in nature, to be so detached from fear. We often assume when someone is unsuccessful that fear of failure is to blame, when sometimes fear of success is in play. It’s complicated. Success means being responsible. As my brother Ken wrote decades ago ‘failing at a brave new enterprise is often more of a success than a highly compromised success'. 

     Context. Without it, whatever you think you know becomes obvious to you that you in fact know it all. If I think about the relationship between heart rate and temperature ‘ice in the mind’ is actually critical thinking, which when you get comfortable with the journey inside yourself, suddenly it becomes obvious that  human beings are complicated. There’s only one way I know of getting close to the truth and that is simply controlling my heart rate. cheers t