Le Weekly #72 – WiFi Router 🛜
One quote, one word, one shoutout, one story, one neigh from Philosophical Horse and one question.
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Le Quote 🗣
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Liz Labuschagne.
Le Word 💬
innovate (verb) make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
Le Shoutout 🧣
This weekend, I invited Clare Jeffery for dinner.
I was once Clare’s neighbour and felt compelled to catch up with her.
While cooking, I asked her how her grandson was doing.
“He’s great,” she said. “He loves gaming but always complains about the WiFi.”
To help improve the internet for her grandson, Clare upgraded the line speed; however, despite the upgrade, the internet didn’t improve.
“I phoned the body corporate to ask if others were experiencing the same problems, but no one was,” she said.
Finally, Clare asked a guy called Dylan to help her.
The moment Dylan stepped inside, he pointed at something in the corner.
“That’s it,” Dylan said.
Clare’s eyes followed his.
At the end of his gaze and at the end of his pointed finger, the WiFi router stared back at them.
“That’s your problem,” he said.
Despite Clare upgrading her internet line, it was the router itself that couldn’t handle the speed.
Le Snippet 🎬
Yesterday, I ran to Plato for a morning coffee.
“Double espresso,” the barista said (stating, not asking).
“Powerful,” I replied.
*coffee machine sounds*
“Here you go,” he said and gave me a coffee cup without a quote on it.
“No quote today?” I asked.
Bradley, the other barista, looked at Robin in shock.
“Ai Robin,” Bradley said.
I gave Bradley the cup and said, “Just write one (1) word on it.”
After a few minutes, Bradley returned the cup.
On it was written one word:
Innovate.
“Joh,” he said. “One word was harder than writing a quote.”
It took a while for innovate’s meaning to land, but when it did, I appreciated it.
To me, it says, “If something isn’t working, don’t stop; just change the way you’re doing it; add something new.”
Le Story ✍️
Clare is a Le Scarf Hall of Famer for many reasons, but her famous induction happened in 2022 when Le Blogue #2 was released. In those pages, I shared a story about Rose Bushes. Clare used to water the garden where I stayed, and while watering the garden, she would water my mind with inspiration and life lessons, too. To honour Clare’s WiFi-router-inspired life lesson above, I bring “Prun Your Rosebush” back from the archives for you to enjoy this week.
Written in 2022
The other day, while parking, I noticed the beautiful rosebush planted next to my parking spot had no flowers. It had no leaves either!
It had been pruned.
The same thing happened last year. I returned home to the skeletal remains of a bush that looked far beyond recovery.
Yet, a few months later, the bush was in full bloom again.
Clare, the resident gardener in our complex, proves month in and month out that she does, indeed, have green fingers. The prune inflicted on the poor rose bush always looks FAR too aggressive, yet the rose bush always bounces back better than before.
Apparently, without the prune, the rose bush wouldn’t be so extraordinarily beautiful.
Here lies the simple life lesson of the day. Just like the rose bush, we all need a prune every now and then.
More importantly, we need to trust the process.
As Rick Rubin says, sometimes we need to reduce in order to produce.
Le Neigh from Philosophical Horse 🐴
“Neigh.” – Philosophical Horse.
Le Question 🤔
Is your WiFi router the right one for your internet speed?
Have a powerful Monday, everyone.
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Clare is the reason my parents decided to keep trying to have more children, knowing that their run of bad luck couldn't last. When I duly arrived on the scene, they smiled (in relief).
May the Body Corporate continue to persevere, knowing that this too shall pass.
Her loving brother.