It is fascinating that even when you lay bear your soul and let go, as I did at work this week, the same old agenda keeps arising. So I hear the same old lines of "we are a team" and "our leadership is shared ", while the harsh realities of control and power ever remain. There remains only one way in play, the way of the one who presumes to know all and rule all. It all does get tiring. Oh well! Keep a smile and keep on sailing. Spirituality does rule. It is the way to go.
This pandemic has taught me much. Respect, responsibility and solidarity are key - RRS. I long ago left control behind, knowing that it just didn't work, as I did with the other two key life principles of my Christian Brother upbringing - perfection and success. None of them work and I will never be good at any, and I don't have to be.
Trouble is I never positively and purposely replaced control, perfection and success - CPS. I kicked them out and left a vacuum in my life. I can see how important it is for me to name and own another needed, key mechanism for life. Now I see what that key mechanism for life is - RRS. They matter. What RRS shows me is how to more smoothly move from being reactive to being pro-active, from being driven to sharing the driving, from being less self-centred to being more other-centred. Spirituality does matter. Way to go.
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