One question to offer you a new perspective, a poem to enrich your creativity, and a resource worthy of your attention. Archive of A Dose of Reality Check Newsletter.
Our innate behavior is to expand and fill the space. A problem arises, and instead of taking a moment to resolve it correctly, we flow into it. It is difficult to resist the urge to expand, especially when the issues seem easily addressable.
We build and adopt structures to fix problems. Yet sometimes, the best system is that which is implementable and understood. You build a house to fit your needs, not the other way around.
Even when connecting with ourselves, we undermine the power of space. The pause in between. The silence. We assume that action and constant movement is where connections happen, yet in the busyness of what already is, something new cannot flourish.
“My voice is ugly” is the first response I get when I tell someone I took singing lessons. Well, my next answer to that is usually always that you are dead wrong.
We love stories. And in them, we worship heroes and what they stand for. We rally behind them and look up to them as they ward off evil. In their cause, we unite. We unite against... Let me interrupt you just right there.
A wolf is chasing you down. You find a cave, and you crawl inside for safety. Yet the cave has no exit; the deeper you go inside, the more locked in you become. You probably think we are too old for wolf stories, but I can guarantee you that we are exhibiting the same behavior at work, at home, or in our community today, and we are oblivious to it.
When push comes to shove, momentum shows its face in the most unexpected ways. It’s hard to distinguish because often it’s not wearing a flowery dress or accompanied by a big smile.
The prowess to decide is a taxing activity. Consolidated in one place, it creates a bottleneck for organizations and individuals. It comes with a promise of power and control, yet it often leaks. With too many dimensions and stimuli to capture, the cognitive load eventually overflows, making it hard to scale, especially when it is concentrated in one place.
For every moment, you are as ready as you could be for it, so just be. The latter statement is hard to swallow for the perfectionists and type A personalities where yours truly spent most of his life.
Sometimes all you need is a listening ear. It is not the red pill nor the blue pill. It’s the magic pill. It’s not red because there is no revelation that will happen outside the reality you exist in. It’s not the blue pill either because you won’t return to the same experience that you were in.
Have you ever had this nagging feeling or question you could not understand? It felt so true, but you still couldn’t resolve it wherever you searched for it. It drove you nuts, and you became more and more obsessed and frustrated. Until eventually, you gave up and drifting to the back of your existence; you let it go to preserve your sanity.
In every context, we will fail to achieve progress if we are stuck within the confines of either or. This or that. From the macro to the micro, in an interconnected world compromising of connected humans in humanity and purpose, the narrative of divisiveness starts from the lack of acceptance that our uniqueness doesn't hinder our oneness.
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