Do you ever feel that this is where you have and are looking – you must be in the wrong place(s)? That you are trying to find answers but not particularly successful? I certainly can relate. Sometimes I still find myself in those places, when I don’t follow through on what I know I should be doing… or not really looking… or not wanting to accept the right answer… or (fill in the blank). For me, this is so silly and wastes so much time because I know I will come face-to-face with what I need to do that I’ve known (on some level) all along. Bottom line – it still is my decision to act on this understanding… or to reap the consequences.
You do realize, don’t you, that we all face these situations and that when we knowingly don’t act on the standard we have that consequences do prevail. And yes, we reap consequences when we act according to our standard. The difference is that in the latter case, we have the assurance that what we did/said is according to what we have as who we are and how we go about doing our ‘who’. The reaping in this case is determining if our standard is ‘right’.
However, there is a kind of caveat to this – when we realize we are looking in all the wrong places, what is it we actually are seeing? Is it out of our comfort level? Is it a new learning as a result of our seemingly misplacement? I’m a believer that learning what doesn’t work is as valuable as what does… so what is where you are teaching you? Don’t leave your ‘wrong place’ before you glean all you can from this ‘wrong’.
Obviously, at some point we need to begin discovering exactly where we need to be. Rushing into the void is not a good approach. Regardless of the urgency of the moment, we need to not compound the wrong but find our what and where we should be. If we are looking in all the wrong places, what is a better place? Do you know? If you move from where you are into the vast unknown – will this get you to your right place? Don’t panic – learn from the time in the wrong and move into what you believe will be your ‘right’. And if you are still wrong… repeat the process.
