It's been said "the only thing that stays the same is change". Yes, life comes at us fast, and along with life comes change after change after change. Success and happiness depend largely upon our ability to adapt to change and to "roll with the flow".Compare a white water rafter with the torrent rapids of a river. Which one is in control? the rafter or the river? Who ultimately has the power? the rafter or the river? While the skilled river guide may be equipped with a paddle in hand and knowledge of the rapids to come, he is only going to move in one direction, and that is downstream. He can tweak his velocity, maybe shift a bit, but at the end of the day he is going to move downstream with the river, regardless of his skill level.
How does that illustration teach us something about life?
Well, we may have a paddle in our hand, we may even have multiple paddles, we may have a direction in mind that our life will take. And all of that is great, but... Remember that life will have it's rapids, it will have it's currents, and ultimately in the big picture of things we are along for the ride. Enjoy the ride! Don't fear it. Don't try and fight it. Just enjoy the ride!
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ReplyDeleteI love this analogy. I've seen this analogy explained real well in one of Steven Covey's videos. He talks about how the business landscape is becoming rough white water by the day, especially for knowledge workers. He explains that a knowledge worker needs personal leadership in today's environment more than ever. Back in the day when things when the water was smooth and there weren't so many changes to deal with, one could be successful working for a big corporation. Covey compares this to a rowing team all sitting in the boat together with a manager sitting the back of the boat yelling "ROW". This type of setup would get crushed on the rocks quickly in today's knowledge worker landscape. A lot of knowledge workers today are independent. Covey compares this to being in a kayak, able to navigate the rough waters with the quickness this new landscape demands.
ReplyDeleteChange is never easy! this is a great story, but hang in there! I know when my life changed around, it was a shock at first, and as much as I wanted to go back to "norm" I just realized that if I worked hard enough my new changed life would become "norm" - a better one.
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We can't always control the circumstances, but what we can control is our perspective about change. The next time you are faced with any type of change, challenge yourself to think through some different perspectives, then choose one that will help you productively manage the change. As Henry David Thoreau said, "Things do not change; we change"
ReplyDeleteI truely agree with you ability is the thing which should be proved out many things comes in our way its your ability to sort it out
ReplyDeleteI think philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this older sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics.
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