Finding a Brick of 24 Karat Gold Wisdom
I wrote this blog a few years back after watching a documentary about the magnificent Quincy Jones. I hope it lifts you up.
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Information
We are all hit with massive amounts of information daily. There are endless streams of opinion in the world, and sometimes you discover something good, and sometimes you run across things that hardly make sense.
But don’t you love it when you run into a brick of 24-karat gold wisdom? Don’t you love it when you find a piece of knowledge that you know is the truth? The kind of knowledge that you don't have to waste your time trying to convince yourself is true?
Wisdom
I found one of those rocks of wisdom in the Quincy Jones documentary on Netflix. In it, Quincy Jones states that he and Ray Charles spoke and lived by the following words.
“Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me," he said.
This idea has been written in different ways before, but when I heard Quincy Jones say it, I liked it so much that I wrote it down. I thought this is the kind of knowledge a person can live by.
It's wisdom that makes you feel solid with your soul and straight with your heart. It gets you to hold your head a little higher. It makes you feel more respect for yourself and others.
After you hear something like this, you feel the sun shining on your face even when there is no sun, and you say, "I like who I am," right out loud.
“Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me.”
I hope you take this wisdom to the bank.
I hope you wear it on your chest like a superhero.
“Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me.”
To me, this outlook is the real money, so I put it in my bank account, and I just wanted to share the wealth with you.
Thank you for reading my thoughts and thank you to Quincy Jones for sharing his incredible life, beauty, and wisdom. He truly made the world better for all.
Stay wild stay free,
Rachel Hutcheson
Rachel Hutcheson is an award winning songwriter, performer, and the author of The Almost True Tales, Thoughts, and Observations of a Lifelong Black Sheep Rebel Girl and The Black Sheep Rebel Girl Rises Again: Whimsical Tales and Truthful Lies.