Life throws everything at you, then the kitchen sink is thrown at you as well. (Andre Agassi)
The Hand the rocks the Cradle Rules the World
This is a common saying that I think everyone knows but really do not know the full import of the saying.
Children enter the world with complete ignorance of the social complexities of world the parents live in. The child is an alien to the world we live in, and need to know the pitfalls before they fall into them. as the child grows the learning becomes challenging for the parents, as the parenting style will govern the socialization and moral code the child will live with. The child will not know what is maladaptive (bad) for them and what is beneficial (good) for them, all this is taught by the parents.
The Hand the rocks the Cradle controles:
- The types of shows they watch on TV
- The quality of friends the child has
- The values that the child has
- The principals that the child will take to the grave with them
- The morals that they act by
- The ethics that they base their decisions on
- The child will distinguish as Normal behaviour
- The type of education that the child gets
- The habits of the child
Thus everything you do as a parent will be reflected in the child. for you are the bench mark that the child judges the world around them.
Same old Grind
This is the first step in the Hero’s Journey and where we all start from. Just as I have heard somewhere, when the unusual becomes the usual it is accepted to be normal and part of the ordinary world we all live in. So, you have gone through the Hero’s Journey just to create another ordinary world. Much like the journey I have take, I was once an Auctioneer and needed to change vocation, I took the hero’s journey to go through University, now to be a Therapist, now therapy is my ordinary world. We all live in a maze of our own making, just like rats in a maze finding the cheese, we too have our own maze to fine our own cheese. If you like, get the town map out and mark out the routes you take every day. You are at home, then to work, to the shop, perhaps to the club, pub, bowling ally, then back home. The streets we travel are the habituated roads in the maze we stick to. Going to a new supermarket is out of the question unless they are cheaper or have something that others don’t, that’s why they fight with advertising for your dollar. In psychology when tackling clients that seeking change, the clients have what is known as a resistance to change, because it takes them out of their comfort zone. This is the same for every one, when dealing with a big change. This happens so often with people facing retirement, or a person that needs to change their life style because of medical reasons, depression is soon to follow.
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I was looking at my Horoscope the other day and this is what it stated.
If a stage magician wants to pull a rabbit out of a hat, he (or she) must first get a hat… and a rabbit! The art of creating the illusion may be hard to master (or mistress) but it is still secondary to the acquisition of those two key components. With that in mind, let’s look at your ability to produce an impressive result from out of thin air. The real question is not, do you know how to do something? It is, do you have access to the basic resources that might be required if you were to attempt such a feat?
I found this really good because it can be for any one.. If you replace the word “rabbit” with skills, and the word Hat with the word “passion” you will see that this is a great metaphor, or parable.
No matter what socioeconomic strata of society we are from, it seems that we are trapped by our past and the attitudes past down from generation to generation. The belief systems that we have can often be the result of an idea several generations in the past. This is the cop in the head that we live with and controls us. Breaking the bonds of the cop in the head and all those habits that we have developed over time through our experiences and those values that were handed down from generation to generation is hard and for some next to impossible to break. It usually takes a disaster in ones life to really change one’s preconceived attitudes and judgments. The other way is to follow you bliss, your passion and stick to it, no matter what.
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Misunderstanding is at the core of conflict. Perception is reality, and misunderstanding is wrong perception made real causing hatred and mistrust.
Getting out of bed may be the bigest decision of the day, but even making no decision is a big decision that afftects you and many others.
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