Good Morning,
I am off to a conference this weekend and I am reminded of the first convention that I worked at as a committee member. I was able to get into the ‘Green Room’ which was a room with food and comfy chairs for the staff only to take a break every now and then.
The first time I went to the Green Room during the convention was Friday morning, just prior to the start of the opening ceremonies. There I was greeted by an enthusiastic committee member who was happy to have fresh blood on the team. We spoke for about 30 seconds about what I thought of the convention and my role, etc, when another committee member came up to me and started talking to me about the same things.
I was excited to be welcomed and my position suddenly turned to shock as these two committee members started an argument right in front of me out of nowhere. As they glared and shouted at each other, I took a step back and looked on with bewilderment to try to find out what the catalyst was for this argument. It took only a few seconds to realize that I was not part of this argument, which made me happy.
Moments later, the committee member who ran the Green Room walked up to me with a semi-sad expression and whispered to me that this argument had nothing to do with me, rather that these two committee members have been having the same argument for 20 years.
Yes, 20 years.
Think about it. 20 years, having the same argument whenever you get together.
20 years. 240 months, 1,040 weeks, 7,280 days, 174,720 hours, 10,483,200 minutes.
I thought WHAT could be so heinous to warrant investing 20 years into an argument. Their argument was so inane to me, and some 18 years later, still seems inane (differences on how the convention should be run).
These folks could not let go of what appeared to be petty differences. So much so that it consumed 20 years of their lives. I am not certain that they spent every waking moment thinking about this, but it was certain that it came up whenever they were together.
Why couldn’t they let go and just move on? Why couldn’t they agree to disagree? Why did they have to waste so many years of their lives in what appears to be so petty?
It makes me wonder what I am not letting go of in my life that is eating up precious time and energy.
How much time are you wasting doing the same thing?
Whatever it is, don’t let it waste 20 years of your life. Let it go!
Enjoy!
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