Both Sides Now

Addition and subtraction are phases of life. After you look at them from both sides, you get a finer appreciation of what to subtract from your life.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Both Sides Now

I’ve become wiser about both halves of life since I now have requisite experience in the second half.

Here’s what I’ve discovered.

The first half is a gathering phase. Let's call it addition. The second half is a letting go phase. I call it subtraction.

One of the things we add along the way is knowledge. I’m not suggesting that we let go of our knowledge, just not attach so much importance to it.

The benefit of subtraction happens when we discover that we're most useful when we're a conduit for wisdom vs. a container of knowledge.

All the fact and figures don’t add up when we cram our minds with them and leave no room for wisdom to assemble them.

Wisdom is letting go of what you know and letting an answer come through you rather than from you.

If your goal is to be the smartest person in the room, it’s a good bet that you left wisdom at the door.

Wisdom doesn’t want to one-up anyone. It just wants to be there for the moment that it’s needed. You crowd out your wisdom when you lean on your facts.

Wisdom allows for flexibility; facts are like iron girders.

You don’t have to wait until the second half of life to cede more often to wisdom than to what you know. Anyone young or old can tap their wisdom just by letting go of having to know. 

Gather all the knowledge you can. It’s fulfilling and fun. Just don’t fool yourself into thinking the more you have, the wiser you are. It’s just not the case; it never has been.

How do I know? To quote singer, Joni Mitchell, "I've looked at life from both sides now."

All the best,

John