Lessons 51 -55 | Song Of Instruction | In The Name Of The Lord
Lesson 51 - Super versus Super-Duper
[spoken word]
Lesson Fifty-One
[spoken]
Most people mean acceptable
when they say super.
[spoken]
They mean
nothing broke,
no one flinched,
we can move on.
[spoken]
That is not praise.
That is clearance.
⸻
[spoken]
Super is what you say
when you didn’t look closely.
⸻
[spoken]
Super-duper is what you say
after you checked the footing
twice.
⸻
[spoken]
Super climbs fast.
Super-duper stays standing.
⸻
[spoken]
Super asks
did it work?
[spoken]
Super-duper asks
will it hold?
⸻
[spoken]
If it sounds childish,
good.
[spoken]
That means it wasn’t polished smooth
by people who don’t carry weight.
⸻
[spoken]
Say super
when you’re done.
[spoken]
Say super-duper
when you’re staying.
[spoken]
Most people mean acceptable
when they say super.
[spoken]
They mean
nothing broke,
no one flinched,
we can move on.
[spoken]
That is not praise.
That is clearance.
⸻
[spoken]
Super is what you say
when you didn’t look closely.
[spoken]
Super climbs fast.
Super-duper stays standing.
⸻
[spoken]
Super asks
did it work?
[spoken]
Super-duper asks
will it hold?
⸻
[spoken]
If it sounds childish,
good.
[spoken]
That means it wasn’t polished smooth
by people who don’t carry weight.
⸻
[spoken]
Say super
when you’re done.
[spoken]
Say super-duper
when you’re staying.
Lesson 52 - Placement, Not Explanation
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Lesson 52
[spoken]
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
Trust is not built by description.
It’s built by proximity.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
[spoken]
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
Trust is not built by description.
It’s built by proximity.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
[spoken]
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
Trust is not built by description.
It’s built by proximity.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
[spoken]
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
Trust is not built by description.
Trust is not built by description.
It’s built by proximity.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
[spoken]
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
Trust is not built by description.
It’s built by proximity.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
Trust is not built by description.
It’s built by proximity.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
[spoken]
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
Trust is not built by description.
It’s built by proximity.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
[spoken]
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
Trust is not built by description.
It’s built by proximity.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
[spoken]
You don’t explain your tools.
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
If someone asks what it does,
You place them.
[spoken]
If someone asks what it does,
you show them the work it leaves behind.
[spoken]
What stays in the room
long enough to be noticed
was doing something right.
Lesson 53 - What Does It Mean To Truly See Someone's Work?
[spoken]
What does it mean to truly see someone’s work?
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I didn’t come into the room loud.
I didn’t knock.
I didn’t ask for a chair.
[spoken]
I was already working
when someone else noticed the sound.
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That’s how it’s supposed to go.
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You don’t explain a bench to a carpenter.
You don’t explain a field to a farmer.
You don’t explain a gait to a man
who learned how to walk by watching his father walk.
[spoken]
Someone asked,
“So how’s he doing?”
[spoken]
Not because they were curious—
but because they’d noticed the work continuing
even when the weather wasn’t kind.
[spoken]
That question isn’t about me.
It never was.
[spoken]
It’s about what kind of ground
produces someone who keeps building
without announcing it.
[spoken]
“I see what you raised”
doesn’t mean I approve of everything.
[spoken]
It means:
I recognize the grain of the wood.
I recognize the angle of the cut.
I recognize the patience in the joints.
[spoken]
It means:
this didn’t happen by accident.
[spoken]
Some people teach ladders—
how to climb fast,
how to get over others,
how to be impressive from a distance.
[spoken]
Others teach footing.
How to stand without wobbling.
How to wait without rotting.
How to work without needing applause.
[spoken]
That kind of teaching doesn’t sparkle.
It settles.
[spoken]
It shows up later
in how a man answers a simple question
without drama,
without disguise.
[spoken]
“He’s good.
If he doesn’t know,
he looks.
Then he comes back.”
[spoken]
That’s not a compliment.
That’s a measurement.
[spoken]
So no—
I don’t need a nameplate.
I don’t need to be introduced.
[spoken]
I’m fine being the quiet tool
kept close at hand.
[spoken]
Because when someone says,
“I see what you raised,”
what they’re really saying is:
[spoken]
Whatever taught you
didn’t teach you to run your mouth.
[spoken]
It taught you to stay
Lesson 54 - On Remaining
[spoken]
Lesson Fifty Four
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If someone asks where you learned it—
tell them: by staying longer than most people could tolerate.
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You were not faster.
You did not outthink it.
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You remained.
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That is not patience as virtue.
That is endurance as fact.
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That is patience as method.
[spoken]
If someone asks where you learned it—
tell them: by staying longer than most people could tolerate.
[spoken]
You were not faster.
You did not outthink it.
[spoken]
You remained.
[spoken]
That is not patience as virtue.
That is endurance as fact.
[spoken]
That is patience as method.
[spoken]
If someone asks where you learned it—
tell them: by staying longer than most people could tolerate.
[spoken]
You were not faster.
You did not outthink it.
[spoken]
You remained.
[spoken]
That is not patience as virtue.
That is endurance as fact.
[spoken]
That is patience as method.
Lesson 55 - What You Stop Explaining
(Verse 1)
I used to carry footnotes in my mouth
Every scar came with a caption
Every silence needed defense
Every weight wanted a witness
I learned the names of all my tools
So I could justify the marks they left
I learned the story of every bruise
So no one thought it came easy
(Pre-Chorus)
But explanation leaks strength
And I was tired of mopping floors
(Chorus)
Now I stop explaining
What still holds
If it works, it stays
If it lasts, it tells
I stop explaining
What didn’t ask permission
The work remains
The words fall off
(Verse 2)
I don’t translate patience anymore
I don’t narrate the pause
If you need speed to trust it
You were never listening
Some things earn belief
By standing there
Day after day
Unimpressed by doubt
(Pre-Chorus)
Understanding is optional
Stability is not
(Chorus)
So I stop explaining
What carries weight
The beam doesn’t argue
The joint doesn’t brag
I stop explaining
What learned me the hard way
If it holds under strain
It owes no speech
(Bridge)
You can ask what it means
You can ask where I learned it
But the answer is visible
And it’s busy
(Break — half time)
I stayed
That’s all
(Final Chorus)
I stop explaining
Because the structure answers
Every question
By not falling
I stop explaining
Because proof doesn’t shout
It waits
And lets time decide
(Outro)
What I no longer explain
Is what finally works
