Stewart Legere Thought 12

TRANSCRIPT: hi i'm stewart legere and this is my 12th and final thought i have a tattoo on my back, in between my shoulder blades. it's four words, stacked on top of each other: believe behave behold become it's something a mentor said to me years ago and for whatever particular reason whatever alchemy they have always had a profound resonance with me for years, before i went onstage, i'd reach my arm awkwardly around my back, touch the tattoo and think to myself "believe everything you are about to do. behave as though you do. behold the world around you. become the thing you want to become" it was all very complicated and i can't be sure it ever worked. i don't really do that anymore, because my rituals have changed, i guess but more and more i find myself thinking about the words in my day to day like: "believe people when they tell you about themselves"... "behave" is now more like "un-behave" like - notice the moments when i add shit i don't need, when i say things i don't mean, when i lie. "behold" i mostly just repeat and repeat. "behold behold behold." and "become"...remains elusive. probably as it should. i don't know. honestly, the poem is so much better without the explanation. the poem resonates. the poem endures. the poem abides. the poem is a secret. the poem is the thing. i imagine you have one, right? maybe just show it to me. don't explain it. it's better that way.