Good Morning,
In a discussion the topic of having a poor foundation came up. That thought raced through my mind and ended with me wincing in memory of my accident back in 1985. We were raising the roof of a garage. The roof was 6 feet high and we worked to raise it another 3 feet to allow the installation of garage doors. The weight of the roof sat on three spin jacks which each sat on a pile of cinder blocks. These piles where effectively the foundation for the roof as it moved slowly upward.
Those same cinder blocks had previously sat outside, exposed to the elements for what may have been years. They looked worn down, but the crew had confidence in their ability to take the weight. The foundation was thought to be sound. Although, just to be sure, we had a back up plan in place just in case the foundation did not hold. It was not much of a back up plan, as there was confidence in the foundation of cinder blocks.
As the events unfolded, one of the cinderblocks started cracking and buckling under the stress, causing the free-standing roof to start moving and ultimately collapse.
When the foundations of our organizations or the foundations of our beliefs encounter stresses, they too can buckle and collapse under the stress and strain. While newer cinder blocks could have kept the foundation firm, allowing our foundations to age and not be maintained pose the same problems to our beliefs and organizations.
It makes sense to revisit the foundations of our beliefs as well as the foundations of groups and organizations we belong to. As we make these revisits we can look at what is important to us and rekindle these foundations, make them fresh and new.
We can ask ourselves if these foundations are still true for us today, or if our values or beliefs have changed. At that time, should there be changes we can move forward accordingly and avoid the messes of finding these truths when we least expect it.
As we move through our lives, some of our values and beliefs will change. It may be as minor as hating artichokes as a child, and loving them as an adult (Penn Station Subs has an awesome artichoke and mushroom sandwich by the way) or something as major as what religion you follow and how you interact with others.
Knowing our foundational beliefs and checking on them from time to time helps sure up the core of who we are.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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