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Cómo manejar tus repositorios con GitHub Desktop
By: Ivana Calderon
Tags: Code, Developer, Github, Git, Coding

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Git Reflog
By: Erica Sichler
Tags: So That Happened, Oops, Git, Git Reflog, Mr Gone Wrong

Someone I know, *wink* *wink* recently did something that I’m not sure I can fully even describe. It looked a lot like this:

She submitted a merge request (MR)to merge development into the master branch. No big deal; she’d done this a million times. In this case, her MR included commits from other authors. Because they could all be reasonably merged into master, she went forward with the MR.

Then the email notifcation came in:

Merge Request !6 can no longer be merged due to conflict.

Okay, it’s cool. She’d learned how to rebase branches and was finally feeling pretty confident in what was going on. The development branch was off by two commits; no problem.

From the development branch, she performed the following commands:

git fetch , git rebase origin/master , git push -f

So, I mean, it’s very possible she missed a warning about doing a git pull . But to her defense, there was always some kind of error for her while doing a rebase, hence the -f (which she’s decided to omit the first time from now on).

She went back to the MR and saw that there were no errors. “Yes! She thought. I’ve finally got a handle on this rebase thing.” Right before the merge, however, she noticed that the MR had gone from 4 changes to 1 and her change wasn’t even one of the ones that was in there.

“Okay,” she thought, “let’s try git log and figure out the last commit”. No dice. The commits she was looking for were nowhere to be found. So what’s a girl to do? Panic? For half a second. Then she went to her coworker and friend who practices git religiously, and confessed her sins.

The fix?

git reflog

They found the commit they were looking for and performed git checkout f33491c5

$ git checkout f33491c5

Note: checking out ' f33491c5 '. You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout. If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example: git checkout -b new_branch_name HEAD is now at f33491c5 ... Merge branch 'update_release' into 'development'
How to Fetch a Remote Branch using Git
Tags: Developer, Cybersecurity, Git, Programming, Coding

We, as developers, also work with Git. Developers need to understand how to work with Git and the different possibilities of working with repositories and code in Git (such as managing the size of your reports, etc.). Along those lines, testing out a remote branch is one thing you’ll be doing at least regularly, so we put together a short guide to cover the ins and outs of dealing with small branches in Git.

Git: How to Fetch a Remote Branch

When working in the team, You will need to fetch the branch from a remote repository using Git. Simply need to do:

git fetch <remote-repository>

This fetch command will fetch all remote branches and also store all references/objects. Once all branches are loaded successfully, you can check out to the branch you are interested in, giving you a local working copy. Now you can inspect and play with code.

Run this command

git checkout -b <local-branch> <remote-repository>/<remote-branch>

or

git branch <local-branch> <remote-repository>/<remote-branch>

If you have a single remote repository, then you can omit all arguments. just need to run git fetch , which will retrieve all branches and updates, and after that, run git checkout <branch> which will create a local copy of the branch because all branches are already loaded in your system.

Note: git pull = git fetch + git merge

When you run a pull command, it will fetch changes from remote branches and merge them into your local changes, but if you want to get the latest changes and don’t want to merge them into the local branch, you need to run git fetch command.

Fetch command will retrieve all changes from the remote branch which do not exist in the local branch. FETCH_HEAD ref track can be used for fetched changes from remote branches.

This is a good option --track in this command through which you can track the local branch with the remote one. It helps pull and push the changes. Run this command

git checkout --track <remote-repository>/<remote-branch>

The above command will create a local branch with the same name as the remote branch. But if you want to create a different local branch, then include the -b option to create a new local branch.

git checkout --track -b <local-branch> <remote-repo>/<remote-branch>

To verify what tracking branches you have set up, you can use the -vv option with git branch . This will list out your local branches with more information on what each branch is tracking and if your local branch is behind, ahead.

git branch -vv

Conclusion

For software developers, Git is a way to track their code for different modifications. It stores all the various models in a unique database. Git enables several developers to work concurrently on the same principle. A programmer will also need to access the independent job, or “branch,” of a coworker. This is made possible by the git remote branch operation.

If you want to learn more about GIT here is a quick guide on, how to use git cherry-pick. If you like the tutorial, then leave a comment below, and let’s talk.
Version Control System
By: Abhay Jain
Tags: Version Control, Git, Web Development

Version control systems(VCS) are a category of software tools that helps record changes to files by keeping a track of modifications done to the code.

Use of Version Control System:

Repository: It contains all the edits and historical versions (snapshots) of the project.

It contains all the edits and historical versions (snapshots) of the project. Copy of Work (checkout): It is the personal copy of all the files in a project. You can edit this copy, without affecting the work of others and you can finally commit your changes to a repository when you are done making your changes.

Types of Version Control Systems:

Local VCS

It is one of the simplest forms and has a database that kept all the changes to files under revision control. RCS is one of the most common VCS tools. It keeps patch sets (differences between files) in a special format on disk. By adding up all the patches it can then re-create what any file looked like at any point in time.

Centralized VCS

It contain just one repository and each user gets their own working copy. You need to commit to reflecting your changes in the repository. It is possible for others to see your changes by updating. Two things are required to make your changes visible to others which are: Commit and Update.

The benefit of CVCS makes collaboration amongst developers along with providing an insight to a certain extent on what everyone else is doing on the project. It allows administrators to fine-grained control over who can do what.

It has some downsides as well which led to the development of DVS. The most obvious is the single point of failure that the centralized repository represents if it goes down during that period collaboration and saving versioned changes is not possible. What if the hard disk of the central database becomes corrupted, and proper backups haven’t been kept? You lose absolutely everything.

Distributed VCS

It contain multiple repositories. Each user has their own repository and working copy. Just committing your changes will not give others access to your changes. This is because commit will reflect those changes in your local repository and you need to push them in order to make them visible on the central repository. Similarly, When you update, you do not get other’s changes unless you have first pulled those changes into your repository.

To make your changes visible to others, 4 things are required:

Commit

Push

Pull

Update

The most popular distributed version control systems are Git, Mercurial. They help us overcome the problem of single point of failure.
Git commit messages
By: Ankit Nag
Tags: Semantics, Github, Git, Web Development, Development

How can writing good commit messages make your work better?

Photo by Yancy Min on Unsplash

This is a simple guide to using better commit messages on Git so that your work and contributions can be better understood by fellow contributors.

Git is a boon for collaborative work. It allows multiple contributors to work simultaneously on a single project and also allows for any changes to be tracked and reversed. When working in large teams, the number of commits can get hard to manage and messy commit messages only make it harder for the team to work efficiently.

The easy workaround for this is to write good commit messages. We can do this by prefixing our message with a term to describe the change made. Let us have a look at some common changes and how we can write the message for them.

feat

A new feature has been added.

We can use this term as prefix when we add a totally new feature or functionality to the project we are building.

For example, if we have a game and we add a new weapon named ‘X21’ to the game, the commit message would be as-

[feat: added weapon- X21]

fix

Bug fixes.

This term is used when we fix an existing bug in the program. We can add a note about the bug that was fixed and how it was fixed. Let’s consider we’re fixing a bug where the looping variable was not being incremented.

[fix: fixed loop- increment looping variable]

docs

Changes in documentation.

This is usually with reference to the additional documentation that goes into a project, like the readme file or the license file. An example message would be-

[docs: added readme.md]

style

Changes related to styling.

This refers to any changes made with respect to how the application looks. Usually in web development, this means all the changes regarding the CSS part of the project.

[style: added button hover animations]

refactor

Changing the structure of the code.

This refers to any changes made in the code which do not fix a bug nor do they affect the functionality of the code. It could be something like changing the names of a variable or moving blocks of code in the program.

[refactor: renamed variable ‘money’ to ‘dollars’]

test

All changes related to testing.

This tag will be used for all changes related to testing of the code. Even refactoring of existing tests should be marked under this tag.

[test: dummy variables added to test function edge case]

chore

Updating build tasks, package manager configs and other miscellaneous tasks. There will be no change in the production code for the changes implemented here.

[chore: completed build task]

These are some of the tags you can use to improve your commit messages. Your team will surely appreciate you for it!

Happy coding!
Checklist for Git and Unity on Mac OS when XCode Updates
By: Wesley Thomas
Tags: Unity, Github, Mac, Git, Xcode

These are a checklist of steps I keep having to do while developing with git on a mac every time a new Mac Update happens.(Note: this is only if you have to update you XCode or OS and not for setting up a fresh copy that requires to regester as a developer etc.)

Also I developed in Unity and use Gitkraken for versioning on top of these steps for development, however it should be the same checks for other workflows.
Arduino Day Rio de Janeiro 2020 — Git e Github para iniciantes”
By: Instituto Hub
Tags: Arduino Day, Github, Arduino, Git, Arduinodayrj

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Creating Git Aliases To Boost Your Productivity
By: Drew Budwin
Tags: Git Alias, Git, Source Control

Photo by Yancy Min on Unsplash

What Is A Git Alias?

A Git alias is a way to give a Git command a nickname of your choosing. Good candidates for making a Git alias are when the command is:

Lengthy Hard to remember Lacks an intuitive name User is not a native English speaker

A drawback of a Git alias that I’ve stumbled across is when you’re helping someone else with Git who doesn’t have the same set of aliases as you do. You’ll find yourself in a conundrum trying to remember the underlying command, or having to reference the Git aliases on your own computer. After years of using some aliases, you’ll naturally forget it’s an alias and think it’s a built in Git command.

How To Create An Alias

It’s easy to create an alias, simply run a command like the following, substituting your own values for the name of the alias and the command to run:

git config --global alias.[alias name] [command to alias]

This will write the alias to your ~/.gitconfig file (or equivalent). You can also use vim or another text editor to batch view and edit the aliases if you prefer.

Some Examples

A Pretty Git Log
Missing Git after updating to Big Sur 11.1?
By: Alan Reid
Tags: Big Sur, Git, Development, Macos

MacOS Big Sur 11.1 is out, but so are updates to the likes of Xcode. You may come across an issue where Git is missing. If so, you maybe seeing a similar message to this…

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

Simply put this means that you need to install Xcode command line tools again. To do this simply open a Terminal window and run the following command:

$ xcode-select — install

Note: If you want to download and install Command Line tools manually, it can be downloaded from: https://developer.apple.com/download/more/
BitBucket Pipelines Configuration
By: Sachith Ariyathilaka
Tags: Bitbucket, Android Pipelines, Pipeline, Git, Ci Cd Pipeline

In present most of your project use CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery ) to make release. In the BitBucket they gives pipelines for tracking push of certain branch. We need to add .yml file into our project for setup Bitbucket Pipelines. But they give only default Gradle / Maven & etc. If our project is android, we need to setup .yml file by manually.

Step 01: Add following code into your bitbucket-pipeline.yml file

image: mingc/android-build-box:latest

pipelines:

default:

— step:

caches:

— gradle

script:

# Build apk

— chmod a+x ./gradlew

— ./gradlew assembleDebug

artifacts:

— app/build/outputs/apk/debug/*.apk

step:

script:

# Saving artifact

— curl -X POST — user BB_AUTH_STRING “https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{$username}/{$Repo_name}/downloads" — form files=@”./app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk”

This file need to add your android project. $username means BitBucket username. $Repo_name means repository name & finally BB_AUTH_STRING can generated earlier my article from below.

https://sachithariyathilaka.medium.com/how-can-setup-bb-auth-string-cad52c5dd633

Step 02: Go to BitBucket Repo -> Pipelines

Now you need to enable pipelines by just clicking enable pipeline button. Now you will automatic redacted to the build section. When the push comes to the master branch pipeline identified it & build project & also save certain apk to the download section as followings.
Unseen
By: Heidi Zuckerman
Tags: Connection, Life, Wisdom, Love, Art

Unseen

There is a difference between being invisible and being unseen. For me the latter involves choice on the part of the person choosing to not see the other. When a friend of mine graciously asked for a safe space to air a frustration surrounding her husband and Christmas another friend referenced the SNL Xmas morning skit. It’s hilarious. But it’s also not funny because it’s almost too true. People often unsee those they actually most love because they mistakenly think they can. Being taken for granted gets old. And while all things can be forgiven, some cannot be forgotten.

Christine Sun Kim makes sound works and drawings many addressing the challenges of being seen as a person who cannot hear. She has shared that hearing women indicate their identification with her experiences. We can all do better at being more thoughtful, present, available, generous and aware. It’s a long list but honestly what matters more than showing people you love that you can see them? All the time. Not just when you have time.
We can’t own Wisdom!
By: Zsolt Hermann
Tags: Humanity, Wisdom, Society, Nature, Knowledge

Question from the Internet:

“Why will no organization or groups of individuals ever gain a monopoly on knowledge let alone wisdom, and why do many keep trying to keep their data a secret with all their rules of confidentiality and layers of “privacy”and “security”?”

This is the behaviour of our misguided, inherently egocentric, subjective nature, trying to monopolize everything, use everything against others for the selfish sake of the individual.

It is misguided as we can’t store, cover knowledge, wisdom. We don’t own knowledge let alone wisdom as it doesn’t belong to us.

True, useful Wisdom belongs to Nature, it is in Nature’s perfect, infinite database. Moreover it can be accessed only through a special “code”, through similarity of qualities between the researcher and Nature.

And since Nature’s overarching qualities are selfless, unconditional service, absolute love, only those who want to access, reveal knowledge, Wisdom for the sake, in the service of others can access it.

Those who monopolize, store “knowledge” possess only superficial, empty, useless data, information our present — collapsing — human system is built upon.

The future will be built by those who can attain true Wisdom, and build the new Human society based on Nature’s selfless, altruistic template.

https://youtu.be/NcC0FkidPj0
“For wisdom is a protection just as money is a protection, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.” — Ecclesiastes 7:12
Tags: Life Lessons, Money, Self Improvement, Wisdom, Life

“For wisdom is a protection just as money is a protection, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.” — Ecclesiastes 7:12 Theyoungmachi Dec 27, 2020·2 min read

Money is a very useful tool in our daily lives. It allows us to purchase food, water, clothing, and shelter. Beyond that, it affords us the comforts of life: the latest technology, the snacks we love, a nice, brand new car, and so much more. Knowledge, and its counterpart wisdom, however, allow us to take full potential of, not just money, but every aspect of our lives.

Knowledge is the culmination of all the information we have on a given topic. Knowledge allows us to make money from our job by putting to use the schooling or training we’ve had throughout our lives. Knowledge allows us to put our skills to use and to sell ourselves so that we can eventually work for ourselves with the skills we gained.

Wisdom, however, teaches us how to spend the money we get through knowledge properly. If we depend on just knowledge we wind up spending our money in unnecessary ways, wasting it all away on brand new cars when we could’ve bought an older model for less. Wisdom allows us to invest our money instead of spending it on clothes so that we can have “clout” with our friends.

With knowledge, we live from paycheck to paycheck because we don’t have a full understanding of the proper usage of our time and money. But with wisdom, we’re able to invest that money into ourselves and eventually start our own business. This extends beyond just our finances too. If we know of possible future danger but don’t act on avoiding that danger, that’s a lack of wisdom. If we don’t equip ourselves to avoid disaster, that’s a lack of wisdom.

So how can we gain wisdom? Wisdom comes from acting on the knowledge we have gained in a sound and sensible way. We can gain better insight into our future by seeking advice from those who have already lived through what we are undergoing and have succeeded. Listen to the stories of people in your profession and put into action what you learn. Seek out people who embody the ideal aspects you want to become and ask them questions. Try to think ahead on the possible hurdles that may stand in your way and come up with how to overcome those hurdles from the insight you’ve received through those who have already defeated them. Follow the paths of those who have forged ahead of you, and don’t follow the paths of the losers and failures that riddle the sidelines.
How much have you done since the last holiday?
By: Nancy Nunez
Tags: Wisdom, Inspiration, New Year, Personal Development, Poetry

What an interesting question to ponder upon. Reflecting on the exact opposite.Observations on where neglecting remained. Have I been dismissing my own fears, insecurities, my journey to self- love and healing? How have I grown as a person mentally, emotionally, physically? What areas need more time to evolve? Am I aligned with my purpose, my values, my integrity?

The path may not always remain straight but ultimately it is a choice one makes on how it is received and what actions are made. Let the rain soak your skin, let the sun warm your heart, be proud of the labor of your love. Every now and then, giving yourself permission to rest. Remembering to keep making the best of what you have right now. This time will be long gone. Previous holidays, events, celebrations, moments will become memories. What you do now matters and can create a better future.
Spiritual Size
By: Ruks Moreea
Tags: Meditation, 2020, Wisdom, Mental Health, Spirituality

Photo by Author

Is there such thing as Spiritual Size? The thought came to me during a short meditation. The Tween visualised that he was on a tiny island, in the middle of the ocean engulfed in white light. No animals, no other beings but a small fish that spoke to him, with a strong message.

Small fish says:

“Your physical appearance doesn’t matter, what matters is your Spiritual self

I may be small compared to a whale but our hearts are the same

Filled with love & compassion.”

Tween’s young wisdom:

“Perhaps some souls in desperate need of healing the most, have low ability for self-love and to love.

Perhaps we should heal them by showering them with love & help them find the ability to love themselves”.

In other words, there is no such thing as the quantification of Spirituality as there is no quantification for true unconditional Love.

Christmas 2020 was always going to be different. As we went by the day and enjoyed a long walk in the sun, my heart was filled with warmth and hope that many would share The Tween’s wise thoughts for the many Souls.

We hold special thoughts for the lonely, the isolated, the grieving and the hurting. Likewise, we hold thoughts for the hopeful, the kind, the compassionate, for the joyful and the many who want to make a positive difference to Humanity.

Wishing you all Love and Light.

Co-authored By The Tween!
Bible Study — Proverbs 1. I will use the NVI version to this…
By: J. D.
Tags: Bible Study, Wisdom, Proverbs, Bible, Knowledge

I will use the NVI version to this Bible Study. The focus of the study will be the groups of people who are describes, theirs present and future, theirs actions and consequences.

So first I invite you to read Probers 1:1–7. In this fragment we find many types of persons. They are:

· Simple / Young

· Wise

· Fools

We will use a graphic to understand better the categorization of the groups, and who a person can move through the system.

All of us begin like simples, without experience, wisdom, knowledge, and values. We move through the stairs (up or down) depending to our diligence or negligence. I want to clear out that this is a dynamic situation, that means that do not take actions and grow means to go down the stairs.

Let us go forward and read Proverbs 1:8–33 and find more types of people:

· Sinful

· Innocent

· Mockers

Now or stairs will look like:
Void
By: Heidi Zuckerman
Tags: Connection, Life, Wisdom, Love, Art

Void

One of the things that I have experienced repeatedly this year is the kindness of strangers, largely in response to content that I have put out into what I previously would have thought of as the void. David Whyte wrote, “Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation.” I have. And it works. You have. And you know what I know. As we get close to the end of 2020 I have commenced my annual practice of reflection. I have tried a lot of different strategies and the one that I currently utilize is thinking about the five best things of this year and being honest about the five worst things of the year too. Then I decide with that information on three things I commit to doing in 2021 and three things I commit to not doing. I like structure, repetition, ritual.

Baseera Khan creates psychedelic prayer rugs. When installed in an exhibition space they can be used by anyone for any spiritual practice from prayer to meditation and others. The contemporary imagery feels personal and inclusive, open to creating a broad community of strangers.
Gifts and Gifts Opened
By: Nanda Jurela
Tags: Life Hacking, Wisdom, Life Lessons, Life

Image credit to Kakao TV. Zero waste gift wrapping, Korean style.

You can not control life. You can not control love. Wisdom, however, is anything but random and unpredictable. Wisdom is the choice for life to be as it is and for love to come as it is. Wisdom never fights life or love; by definition that would not be wisdom.

Wisdom is a reward to the individual and conscious mind; while life and love are gifts that are not earned and do not discriminate between the conscious and the unconscious.

One can conclude that wisdom is the student of the wild and the enigmatic, though always revealing life and love.

While life remains a riddle, love and wisdom can be cultivated.

You cultivate love and wisdom receptively and actively. Once you cultivate love and wisdom, your life becomes yours: you claim it, you define it; life becomes your time, your direction, your good, your enjoyment.

Love and wisdom enrich life, while life invites wisdom and inspires love.

4 December 2016

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Shared on my blog:
Bitter Grapes
By: Charlie Joseph
Tags: Short Story, Money, Wisdom, Bible, Fable

Alex walked away bitterly saying “The grapes must be bitter!”.

“Wait Alex!’, Marvey the other fox cried out, ‘let me try. I’ll get some for you,” and he being a little bit stronger than Alex leaped higher, but it still wasn’t high enough.

Alex watched bemused as Marvey kept trying, his leaps getting more and more impotent as he tired. After some time, he slowly walked away. Marvey soon worn out, sat panting beneath the bunch of temptations, the wheels of his mind still grinding and churning.

In a while he leapt up as though struck by lightning and ran towards the quarry. An amused crow on a tree nearby soon saw him huffing back to the dangling promise of deliciousness, struggling to roll a large roundish boulder in front of him. A few hours later, Marvey was back again with another rock. At the end of the day, Marvey had built a big heap of large rocks beneath the bunch of grapes. He climbed it quivering with expectation, lips dripping and ready to relish the sweet succulence of the glistening grapes. He stretched out his paw, his eyes gleaming and tenderly plucked a single grape from the bunch. He rolled it around in his mouth and bit into it’s cold softness.

The crow on the tree saw him climbing down muttering and cursing, “Bah! The grapes are bitter!”

At nightfall, Alex was stretched out lazily beside the watering hole as the weary Marvey dragged himself to the pool to slake his burning thirst. “Didn’t I tell you the grapes must be bitter?”, he asked the glum Marvey who lapped up the water eagerly and flopped down beside him dejected.

“But…how did you know?’, Marvey cried out exasperated at Alex’s knowing smile, ‘I thought you said the grapes were bitter only because you yourself were bitter that you couldn’t reach the grapes.”

“Couldn’t I have figured out some way to get them, don’t you know me better than that, Marvey?’ Alex asked and continued, ‘But there as I was struggling to leap up to the height of the bunch and wearing myself out, I remembered what the teacher taught. Don’t you remember what He said? ‘The grapes that grow so high in this part of the country, appear sweet, but are always bitter.’

“You’re right, I was bitter when I walked away. But that was only because I did not trust the Master’s words earlier. I realized I had wasted too much effort on something that grew so high only to entice but not to delight.”
Loving the Oneness You’re With
By: Nalini Macnab
Tags: Wisdom, Holidays, Self-awareness, Love, Consciousness

Photo by Ruy Albcrem on Unsplash

It has been many years since I’ve been asked, with that plaintively solicitous tone in the voice, “Are you able to spend the holidays with your loved ones?” Circumstances… travel… the truth that I celebrate the Solstice, and everone’s light and joy, rather than any particular designated day, and the fact that my answer both satisfied and nonplussed most askers.

My answer? “I always do.” My words satisfied, at the level they were received.

Oh, I know the asking ones meant with friends and family…and my answer has remained the same.

I am in love with this ridge between the mountain ranges. I am in love with the trees that enfold the garden. I am in love with the geese free-ranging far and wide, and the owl in the bare-branched aspens two houses down the road. She is family.

I am in love with the resident feline, and, truth be told, with my friend-sister whose house this is. I am in love with the fire in the fireplace, the savory kitchen smells and the fragrance of lit candles. I am in love with the lights, the joy, and the music, even on those ‘tough’ days we all endure.

Resting in HER Oneness, I love and am loved by Gaia, and all that she offers us when we stop, appreciate, and get out of HER way.

I was a child in the 60’s. So, unlike the catch-phrase, “If you remember, you weren’t there,” I remember them well, with the wonder and excitement of those young years. I remember loving all expressions of love, quietly and furtively, as I tried to make sense of this world.

The reactivity, the backlashes, take a back seat, not to mimalize all that occurred, but to honor what was heralded.

Stephen Stills wrote these lyrics that became a “free love” anthem. We can apply them now, with deeper meaning, from hopefully opened hearts.
Chokmah — a hebrew word you need to know
By: Jonas Wolkenstein
Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Christianity, Bible, God

Chokmah — a hebrew word you need to know

The bible intrigues me. People claim that it’s tiring, outdated, obsolete. Yet, humanity all over the world has been arguing about its contents for thousands of years, and it seems that the dispute will continue.

Besides all substancial content, I think some words it contains are of huge value for all of us. Let’s deal with a exceptional one:

Photo by j zamora on Unsplash

Chokmah (חכמה, ḥoḵmah)

Chokmah stands for wisdom — wisdom that works. It’s the ability to judge correctly and to follow the best course of action, based on knowledge and understanding. Wisdom is the ability to see something from God’s viewpoint. Wisdom is “God’s character in the many practical affairs of life.”

The idea is primarily found in the biblical wisdom literature: the books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes.

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.” — Spurgeon

According to the bible, the prerequisite for this “wisdom” is the fear of the Lord.

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” — Proverbs 1:7

“Wisdom” is personified as a woman crying out for disciples who will pursue her. The person who seeks chokmah diligently will receive understanding (Proverbs 2:6) and will benefit in life by walking with God (Proverbs 2:20).
I Just Turned 27. Here Are A Dozen Things I Learned About Growth So Far.
By: Hannah To
Tags: Learning, Wisdom, Growth, Growth Mindset, Personal Development

1. When choosing creative projects, focus on your innate strengths. Often, what makes you uncanny, positively applied and amplified, is your unique value proposition in life and work. Sprinkle that across all your endeavors and you will naturally inspire others.

2. Stop interpreting others’ success as a reminder of your weaknesses. You will never be done. At best, it is a waste of time and energy. At worst, it causes soul-crushing despair. Instead, learn from the process that brought them to success, and apply it to your own journey diligently.

3. As the cliché saying goes, ‘learn the rules before you break them’. Follow a recipe first. When you do, you will begin to understand the essence of a thing. Only after you master the fundamentals can you infuse that touch of you and make it yours.

4. Seek to create value for others doing something you love. That sweet spot is where time is well spent.

5. Talk about your life in a way that others can learn from you. Reflect openly. Teach what you enjoy learning. Narrate your most precious experiences. Words are a powerful way to breathe life into others.

6. Welcome contrarian points of view. It is the start of thinking for yourself, which opens the door to a life full of meaning — an intellectual kind of freedom.

7. Seek wisdom for the lasting peace it brings. Information is easily accessible, but wisdom is asked for and given. As you seek it, be prepared to disagree with most, if not all, of popular thought.

8. Pay very close attention to people’s problems, that is where opportunities lie. But also have a structured process of turning them solutions. That is how you create a powerful product or service.

9. Build the quality of your work. Everyone is doing many things nowadays. Only a few people are doing a few things really well.

10. You’ll be surprised what opportunities come your way when you talk to people about the things you’re working on. It is even more endearing if it’s a work in progress (as long as you intend to finish it!). Social media is a platform, a stage to show and tell, after all. In the old days, people have to pay for that privilege. Today, it is easy, costless, and truly rewarding when done with genuine intent.

11. Withstand the Dip, the first major setback in any creative endeavor, when it seems like all odds are stacked against you. Nowadays, people don’t stay long enough to see their projects fly.

12. Be a marathoner, not a sprinter. Strong, abrupt spurts of energy don’t last. They are an illusion of true achievement. It takes more effort to sustain a project than to start one, which is why people often miss out on the rich lessons that come with the slow, deliberate process.
The Wisdom of “Enough”
By: Fabi Addamo
Tags: Decisions, Inner Peace, Wisdom, Enough, Choices

wisdom of enough

Everyday we make decisions. I have my own way to make sound choices, that is listening to my logical mind, my emotional body and my intuition. I realized that if I do not gracefully bridge the multiple dimensions of the self, my decisions tend to feel a bit off balance. I know it because I do not feel 100% at peace with myself from the inside out.

The wisdom of enough is a process that can be applied to any (personal or professional) decisions.

Grab some good old-fashioned pen and paper. Write what the logical mind wants (…It is important to write the words and read them out loud.)😉 Write what the emotional body (aka your emotions) wants. Close your eyes and take a deep breath (aka listen to the magical whisper of intuition). At this point, a crucial inner connection has been created.

It is probably easier to follow this process if I share a practical example.

I literally start writing on a piece of paper (or my journal):

the decision is buying a new car.

Emotions say > I want a luxury car that looks sleek inside and outside. I like to drive a fast car. A car communicates status. I am visualizing a Mercedes-Benz, a BMW and so on.

Logic responds > You need a car to go from point A to point B, as long as it is safe you are good. Have you thought about the registration cost? Is the gas expense going to go up? What about the ongoing maintenance costs?

At this point I close my eyes, and take deep breaths for as long as it feels good to me. I use my heart as inner compass for this timing measurement.

Wisdom has now listened to all parties and is ready to deliver a verdict driven by solid adult judgment. It says > you should take into consideration the intention behind your desire to have a new car. Is this a priority for you in this exact moment in life? If it is, and you can afford it, go for it. And yes, it matters to be honest with yourself. Then, consider that there are cool cars that are hip and low key at the same time. For example: what about a Mazda? If you translate the voices you are listening to into numerical terms (for example: emotion voice= the number 10 and the logic voice= the number 1), you will start noticing that you are missing out on the magical power of the numbers in between or what I call the numbers intrinsically connected to the wisdom of enough.

I have made a series of amazing feel good decisions using this process. I have also learned that if after writing down my options, I still feel unsure, it is good to postpone the decision and just wait (aka choosing patience instead of instant gratification). I usually come back to it in a month or sooner and suddenly clarity arrives as I have given myself enough space to digest the information overload or other options may have popped up out of the blue.

I decided for myself that mastering the wisdom of “enough” is an important key to living a satisfied life driven by conscious choices.💕
My TOP 3 Podcasts for Finding Wisdom, Motivation, and Hope
By: Ken Vu
Tags: Wisdom, Jocko Willink, Podcast Recommendations, Lewis Howes, Sadhguru

2020 has been a challenging year for many individuals across the country — hundreds of thousands of job losses and unemployment cases across America, a global movement to address racial injustice, and many other issues. Yet, in spite of these unprecedented obstacles, it was an enlightening year full of valuable life lessons, unexpected opportunities, and other silver linings hidden within the chaos and noise of it.

In particular, while I’ve got to spend more time with my family and learned to treat the past as a series of life lessons to accept and move on with, I’ve also began to develop an affinity for spending every day listening to podcasts — a rapidly growing medium for communicating ideas and holding conversations, perfectly convenient for the hustle and bustle of the modern workaholic.

I’ve grown to enjoy podcasts as the year progressed, particularly the ones revolving around self-help, leadership and life advice, and inspiring and motivational stories of personal triumph and victory in spite of overwhelming odds and circumstances. I began to feel more inspired, motivated, and ready to take on the challenges of the present. In addition, I’ve gained so much perspective on the world around me, how much of a privilege it is to still be alive now, and what I can do to make the most out of my life.

Thus, in the spirit of giving for this holiday season, here are my top three podcasts for getting some inspiring stories about extraordinary human beings during tough times and a breadth of world leaders, motivational speakers, and so on offering their take on how you can achieve your own greatness and success.

FYI: If you’re interested in listening to these podcasts, they’re all available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever you go to get your podcasts.
Lessons From a Remarkable Year
By: Evan Wildstein
Tags: 2020, Wisdom, 2021, New Year, Stories

Lessons From a Remarkable Year

If 2020 has taught me anything, it’s ____________.

Over the course of November/December 2020, I spent (virtual) time with a network of over 40 nonprofit leaders asking that very question. These are people whose opinions I value and trust, and their responses told me a rather remarkable story.

Of course, some of them found pockets of professional development, marketing and branding opportunities, and other outward things. Though by and large, most of their musings told of incredible personal realizations — especially their feelings about self-worth.

As the conversation driver, I found this to be incredibly cathartic, and I found the same to be true as a reader. Without too much of an on-ramp, I want to dive into sharing their responses. They’re in no particular order, except organized in four totally subjective categories.
Enjoy the Flow and Be Rewarded With Real Love
By: Desiree Driesenaar
Tags: Connection, Wisdom, Nature, Poetry On Medium, Spirituality

FLOW = LOVE

Once I was a pond,

small and insecure.

Often feeling

not good enough.

I lashed out at others,

felt angry and sad.

For the world was not fair

to a small pond.

I was a curious pond, though.

Desperately searching

beyond my shore’s horizon.

I created rivers to other ponds.

And my edges stretched.

Automatically.

Then I was a lake,

bigger than the pond

I once was.

Knowing and feeling clear, wide wisdom

and healthily able to digest it.

And the not-knowing?

It became bigger.

As shorelines do

when ponds become lakes

and expand.

The vast not-knowing

doesn't scare me anymore.

It’s become a source

of daily joy.

The rivers are the real gems.

They tumble and play,

get dammed, be opened,

and flow.

And as long as I keep flowing,

they rivers send me love

real love.
What matters
By: Heidi Zuckerman
Tags: Connection, Life, Wisdom, Love, Art

What matters

When I started at the Aspen Art Museum in 2005 I commenced a campaign called: “Art Matters.” We interviewed prominent community members, none expressly connected to art, and asked them why art matters. We published their answers in advertisements in the local papers. We started a local tv show called Art Matters and filmed around a hundred episodes. I admit it is kind of a trick question as by asking it I am asserting that art does matter, not asking if it does, but rather why. To this day I ask pretty much everyone on my podcast, “what art matters?”

I read this James Baldwin quote this morning that says it way better then most: “An artist is a sort of emotional or spiritual historian. His role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are. He has to tell, because nobody else in the world can tell, what it is like to be alive. All I’ve ever wanted to do is tell that, I’m not trying to solve anybody’s problems, not even my own. I’m just trying to outline what the problems are.” In 1964 James Baldwin and Richard Avedon collaborated to create a portrait of America titled, “Nothing personal.” This is Avedon’s portrait of Baldwin.
Reverence plus God equals wisdom
By: Small Voice Today
Tags: Wisdom, Designed2encourage, Devotional, Bible, God

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. — Proverbs 9:10

Wait what? Fear? Doesn’t God love us? Are we supposed to be afraid of Him? Well, yes and no.

Have you ever given God reason to be upset with you? If so, this definitely would be reason to be afraid. But doesn’t this fear come from knowing who He is? When we do wrong to someone weaker than ourself we aren’t typically scared of what they might do. But God made everything, knows everything, and exists in all time and places. When we upset the Maker of the universe, that is a chilling thought.

This awareness helps us understand what “fear of the Lord” means. We realize who He is. But God understands that the recognition of His power and authority is terrifying to us. So He has told us He loves us, and shows us that over and over. That changes our response from one of dread to one of reverence and awe. We do not have to cower in fear, but we come to Him in adoration. God’s love inspires our thankfulness, even as we declare His greatness.

This is where wisdom begins, in acknowledging God as all-powerful creator and yet knowing He loves us. It is a beautiful mix of reverence, awe and trust.
30. Writing on the water, Sand and Stone.
By: Siva Prasad
Tags: Self-awareness, Wisdom, Bhagavad Gita, Spirituality

Krishna says (2.39) that after elucidating about Sankhya (awareness) (2.11–2.38) he would now explain yoga (or Karma Yoga), the practice of which will free one from karma bandhan (bondage of action).

While explaining Sankhya yoga, Krishna makes Arjun aware that he is that indestructible Chaitanya (consciousness) which doesn’t have death. From this verse onwards Krishna starts explaining the same through karma yoga. Thus, karma bandhan and yoga need to be understood in this context.

Yoga literally means union and is used in many contexts. Krishna mentions equanimity as yoga (2.48) where attachment to success or failure is abandoned. Even in 2.38, the emphasis of Krishna is to maintain equanimity towards pleasure and pain; winning and losing; and profit and loss.

Karma Bandhan refers to the impressions or scars, both pleasant and painful, left on us by the karmas we perform and the reactions we get from within and outside. Scientifically they can be called neural patterns. These impressions drive our behaviour from the unconscious level and hence Krishna tells us to free ourselves from karma bandhan through yoga.

Our natural tendency is to cling to impressions that give pleasure and profit. We develop a simultaneous aversion to pain and loss. The more deep-seated these impressions, more is the intensity of clinging and aversion.

The strength of these impressions can be metaphorically compared to writing on a stone, sand and on water. When the impression is on stone, it is deeper and affects us for a much longer time. Less so with writing on sand. Writing on water, on the other hand, is erased instantaneously.

Krishna is referring to impressions on water when he says that karma yoga frees us from karma bandhan and it makes us so saral (gentle) that nothing can affect or bother us.