Surface Dwellers
"Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better."
Sydney J. Harris
How true this quotation is! How many times do we long for something to be different, but lack the energy or inspiration to make it happen? To find out why we're stuck, we have to go deeper.
Most people live on the surface of their lives, playing just small enough of a game to avoid what's keeping them from doing what they can do. I call these people Surface Dwellers. They're seemingly content to go through life, loving routine, seeking comfort in familiar people, places, and things.
And yet, if they were to begin to go below the surface of their symptoms and frustrations, they'd discover what has really been driving them.
Conditioning Patterns which are made up of Conditioned Beliefs.
This is the work that we are exploring with Living Into Greatness. It is the process of going deeper to discover what keeps you stuck.
Comments
Surface dwellers - I love it! How true it is that most of us think we don't mind change. The reality is that where it matters, we really do not like it all. In fact, even the littlest things that change can set us off. Even when change is good, there are parts we don't like or aren't comfortable with. Life is not all good or all bad. It's a bunch of both usually. But is staying in one's comfort zone always playing small? What about the simple life? But then again, it often takes change to get "back to" a simple life in today's world.
Posted by: Jennifer Quade | August 2, 2005 09:20 PM