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Don’t Be Transactional

Don’t be transactional – I can’t calculate the infinite.

Transactions reduce relationships to inputs and outputs.

Do the thing, get the Scooby snack.

Cause and effect is a simplistic model at best

and inaccurate at worst.

Calculating is above our pay grade.

Infinite is incomprehensible.

It is an unsolvable puzzle.

Owning that I can’t calculate the infinite

does not mean there isn’t an incredible life to be had.

When I fit myself to the universe 

instead of calculating where it’s going to be,

I create a life of meaning and purpose.

Of contribution.

In a world of too much toomuchness, 

restraint draws a line

Don’t be transactional is the line between

calculation and contribution.

Where in your life are you expecting a return

instead of offering a contribution?