Why do I even turn on the Sunday football game…… Well you
are unrochestarian if you are not watching the Bills and often watching them
lose. My mother, who as totally non
athletic, said “they play better when I don’t watch”. I think I can say the same and but I often “watch”
while I do Sunday things.. clean the kitchen and do the laundry.
Years ago when I was doing “organizational change” stuff… I
suggested some changes and a few folks bought into it and within three week, I
made a few “tweek” suggestions and was told…this is how we always do it. Of course I
knew the always was about 2 weeks.
In addition to nothing is permanent, I also hold that how we
do anything is how we do everything. We
have a good life going and feel good about where we are going and then we take
a right turn away from our essential self and start adjusting to our new way
often driven by our employer or a relationship. It is not unusual to hear someone say – I always
do this when…. We drop who we are,
what is essential and start putting on things that are more associated with the
other or makes that relationship work easier.
Rarely not big things like
robbing banks but little things like not doing what we enjoy… I gave up skiing…
or doing what we really don’t enjoy… antique shows was not my cup of tea… and
soon.. what we enjoyed is lost and what someone else holds dear… becomes our
always until we can’t remember what we enjoyed about do this.
I have come with a few new concepts for life….1) The key and
hardest job for a parent is making the other parent look good or better. We have a natural tendency to want to be on
top or at least good in our child’s eye. 2)
You can’t move forward until you go back and find yours…. Moving on in a
stranger’s likes and dislikes is only going to lead you to a place that will
not satisfy your soul.
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