I too love this post. I can very much identify with your lists and planning (though I have ADD and am a procrastinator, so I'm not sure I'm as successful at an organized life as you were!). It is as though the lists, goals and reminders serve to help us feel in control of a busy, multi-layered life -- and then something like a health crisis, a layoff, or a sudden loss happens, and we realize we really have no actual "control" at all.
Here's my question. Why does it take such a challenge for us to get in touch with our "higher" selves or to change our lives? So many people say that while they struggled with their crisis, they would not wish it away because of what it also brought to their lives. Yet without a crisis, we are so afraid to change our lives, to take a leap of faith. That perceived "control" acts like a security blanket -- and sometimes paralyzes us as well.
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Haralee,
I too love this post. I can very much identify with your lists and planning (though I have ADD and am a procrastinator, so I'm not sure I'm as successful at an organized life as you were!). It is as though the lists, goals and reminders serve to help us feel in control of a busy, multi-layered life -- and then something like a health crisis, a layoff, or a sudden loss happens, and we realize we really have no actual "control" at all.
Here's my question. Why does it take such a challenge for us to get in touch with our "higher" selves or to change our lives? So many people say that while they struggled with their crisis, they would not wish it away because of what it also brought to their lives. Yet without a crisis, we are so afraid to change our lives, to take a leap of faith. That perceived "control" acts like a security blanket -- and sometimes paralyzes us as well.
October 28, 2009 - 7:52amThis Comment
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