Crow Circle 008 - Do We Live to One Day Live?
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1. REMINDER — Do We Live to One Day Live?
The investment banker took a vacation.
On a quiet Mexican shore, he met a fisherman.
“How many fish do you catch each day?” the banker asked.
“Enough to feed my family,” the fisherman replied.
The banker leaned in, eyes sharp:
“If you caught more, you could sell the extra, buy a bigger boat, hire workers, grow a fleet... eventually sell the company and retire rich.”
The fisherman smiled, calm and steady:
“Why would I do that?”
“So you could sit by the beach, fish a little, spend time with your family. No one would bother you.”
The fisherman laughed softly:
“Isn’t that what I’m already doing?”
Now ask yourself:
Do you live to live—right now, fully, without waiting?
It's not about keeping up with others—it's about breaking free from a misaligned purpose.
This is the spirit Acts shows us:
“All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.”
— Acts 2:44–45“They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.”
— Acts 2:46
They didn’t chase more.
They chose enough.
Enough to be present.
Enough to serve.
Enough to live fully—right now.
But let's be clear—this isn’t complacency.
It's showing up, doing your best, knowing results don't define you.
It’s about becoming the person who can sit by the shore, content, no matter what.
2. RHYTHM – The Tarahumara and Their Daily Devotion
To the Tarahumara (Rarámuri), running is not a race.
It’s a ritual. A rhythm. A reminder.
Each day, some retrace the steps of the day before—not to optimize, but to honor. To remember their place in the world.
Running becomes prayer. Movement becomes memory.
“We have no word for ‘running’ in the way outsiders mean it. For us, it is ‘aríwete’—to move with soul.”
— Rarámuri oral tradition (Running with the Tarahumara, Scott Carrier)
Western culture turns motion into measurement.
The Tarahumara turn it into meditation—each step becoming a chance to reflect, to realign with something greater.
It’s the same reflective spirit we find in the Psalms:
“I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.”
— Psalm 119:59
Even Marcus Aurelius echoed this clarity of purpose:
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
— Meditations 5.20
It’s not about maximizing output.
It’s about aligning your steps with something deeper.
Movement isn't meant to suck.
It’s meant to center you.
Photo by Marijan Sivric on Unsplash
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3. RITUAL — Sabbath Movement: Gentle, Present, Together
Sabbath is rest—but rest doesn’t mean complete stillness.
It means freedom from striving, pressure, and hurry.
It’s a sacred pause. A return to simplicity.
Sometimes, Sabbath looks like a quiet walk through the neighborhood,
an easy bike ride under warm sun,
or stretching on the porch—
but always done gently, intentionally, together.
Move as a family, not to achieve or perform,
but to simply breathe and reconnect.
Sabbath reminds us: we are human beings, not human doings.
“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and trust shall be your strength.”
— Isaiah 30:15
Sunday’s movement shouldn’t feel like effort.
It should feel like grace. Like presence.
Start your Sabbath day centered in God,
then move lightly through it—
fully together, fully present, fully at rest.
