Day: September 23, 2019

Long term thinking

~ osasuoviawe

The way we remember the past is the way we project into the future.

Short term (near) memories are clear and makes us feel overconfident. A short term (near) future seems clear and makes us feel overconfident. A recipe for inclination to biased thinking.

Long term (distant) memories are blurry and makes us feel unsure. A long term (distant) future seems blurry and makes us feel unsure. A recipe for inclination to probabilistic thinking.

To prepare for a near or distant future that has only one constant – VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity), it is wise to think long term.

– Osasu Oviawe

Teach us to number our days

~ osasuoviawe

Matthew 16:24-27
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?
For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done.

Homily:

Dear Lord, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” – Psalm 90:12