I did not have a message for you today, and while trying to fall asleep
after a rather chaotic and trying day, a thought popped into my head. The
thought expanded into a message. possibly even a good message!
So as I lied there thinking through the message I started wondering if I
would remember the message when I woke up tomorrow morning. Since you are
receiving this message Thursday morning, I realized I most likely would have
forgotten it and deprived us all of this wisdom, or I would have been upset
at myself for being lazy, or both.
In reviewing Facebook updates this evening, I noticed several people are
under the weather and looking for quick cures for their colds and other
ills. This made me think about how we often look for an instant cure to our
daily troubles. Kind of like how some people play the lottery or PowerBall
as an instant cure for their financial woes.
And why shouldn't people look for instant cures? Our society is full of
instant gratification on so many different levels. We can download songs and
movies instead of having to go to the store and buy them or worse order
them. We can get information at the touch of our fingers to a keyboard while
surfing the web.
But we lose something along with these instant cures. We lose the journey to
the cure.
It is the journey to the resolution where most of the wisdom is gained. It
is seeing the progression of fixing our problems where we have the
experiences which give us the 'aha' moments.
Without the journey, there is little to be learned. We end up much in the
same state as we are when we look for the instant cure.
With the journey, we have knowledge on how to get the cure or solution and
the need for it is lessoned because we know how to get it.
With enough journeys through life, we become able to face most challenges
without fear or trepidation because we have the knowledge gained through
those journeys.
Next time you find yourself looking for a quick fix, maybe stop a moment and
look forward to the journey of discovery awaiting you as work through your
challenges rather then clicking a mouse button to resolve mindlessly.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
Sanford@berenberg.net
http://www.berenberg.net
http://learnandgrowdaily.com ←-Click here to order: "Learn And Grow Daily!"
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