Chewing gum jingle, and it seems to work: “looking for a brand new start”.
Each day, we woke up to a start. Just like that first day out of our mother’s womb. Not knowing what to expect.
Not knowing who to trust.
Not knowing the future.
Will it rain today? Or same ole sticky heat?
Rain and tears or just tears?
Pain as part of life. No pain no gain, no growth.
People who insulate themselves from challenges and changes will never grow.
They chew the gum over and over.
Same predictable rhythm. Power-saving mode. Auto-pilot.
But no excitement. No surprises. No set back and no break through.
Organization tends to work itself from chaos into predictability, the path of least resistance. The maintenance mode. High maintenance since the beast needs to be fed.
Hence huge bureaucracy.
Yet today’s market asks for agility, flexibility and formless boundaries. Be water.
Shaped according its container.
10,000 hours of repetition to become a master.
Fear that dedication and determination.
Don’t stop at black belt, or even red belt.
Overcome your own self. That inner resistance, that self-sabotaging tendency:
I don’t deserve happiness, I don’t deserve that espresso, that sweet cake.
Somehow, it’s always someone else’s but not ours.
Yet our Maker has a different script for us.
You can’t drop out of the margins that He has set, no matter how hard you tried. Rebelliousness or religiousness.
It’s indifference that is hard to cure.
So be bad to the bones. Be good to the bones. Our world needs leaders who are decisive and determined.
Not wishy-washy type. Not opinionated type. Not losers’ type.
I respect people who tried and failed. I despise people who failed to try.
Rain got its rhythm, even when mixed with tears. Tears heal all wounds, from trying really hard. Not indecision and inactivity.