#OONO! 14: The Cascade · III - The Beauty is in The Delta??

This is the cascade.

This is oxygen without air.

This is air without oxygen.

This is the screaming vacuum of space.

This is Jupiter that is breathable.

The beauty is in the delta.

This is the cascade. ??

The delta is where we grow. ??

It’s where the transformation happens — not just for us, but for those around us, & ultimately, the world.

Growth starts small.

It can be microscopic.

You don’t need to change the world overnight, but you can always make a difference.

You can always make your corner of the neighborhood better — pick up litter from the street, make your bed in the morning, pour a cup of tea for someone you care about, or open a door for a stranger. ?? Even gifting a stranger a coffee or leaving a tip.??

It’s these tiny steps that bring light to a world that desperately needs it.

Sunlight & water — simple cultivation.

The beauty is in the delta because that’s where things grow.??

But the delta isn’t just about struggle.

It’s not all friction & pain.

There’s euphoria in the delta too.

There’s redemption. There’s the feeling of coming a long way, of having fought through the grind & learned to love it.

The delta teaches you to embrace not just what’s light & positive in you, but also what’s dark.

We are complex beings, & we draw from both energies. The storm inside, the fear, the anger, the resentment — those dark places — they drive us just as much as the light. That’s okay. ??

The beauty is in the delta because it’s a balance of both.

I once came across an interpretation of the prodigal son that completely shifted my perspective. It was a conversation between Joe Rogan & Guy Ritchie, & the essence of it was simple yet profound — it’s about getting off the path.

If you live a righteous life, doing no wrong, never straying, then yes, you’ve been good. But there’s a richness that comes from straying off the path, experiencing the challenges, the vices, the failures, & then finding your way back.

That’s where the real growth happens.

I had a conversation about this while heading to a meeting during Token 2049 in Singapore. My driver, a Muslim man, spoke about his youth as a sailor, how he’d lived a life of drinking & partying, things he no longer saw as the practices of a good Muslim. But my point to him was this — he’s a much better Muslim today because of what he went through. He didn’t live a sheltered life. He made mistakes, he strayed, & that’s why his faith today is stronger. ??

This applies to so many aspects of life.

You can’t truly advocate for peace if you’ve never had the capacity for violence. If you’re only peaceful because you can’t fight, then it’s not real peace — it’s just weakness. True peace comes from being capable of exacting extreme + primal harm, yet being cognizant & self aware enough, that there are many paths, violence is but one of them. ??♂?

It’s the same with generosity.

If you’ve never known what it’s like to have nothing, your generosity doesn’t hold the same weight. If you’ve always had limitless resources, giving them away isn’t really giving at all. True strength, true generosity, comes from a place of scarcity.

That’s the delta too.

In the movie In Time, an underrated film that touches on this very theme, resources — time — are finite. ? Those who have it in abundance live lives of luxury, but for those who have little, every second is a fight. It’s the struggle, the delta, that makes the time valuable. It’s the contrast that gives life meaning.

The beauty is in the delta because it forces us to grow.

It’s in the gap between success & failure, light & dark, peace & power. It’s the friction that makes us evolve.

The delta is the journey, the space in between, & it’s where life truly happens.

This is the cascade.

This is the beauty?in?the?delta.?

Namaste,

KVP

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