I recently watched a show where people were assigned employment not to further develop what they were naturally good at, but to jobs that would teach them what they most needed to learn. The young man with lots of love and fear in his heart was sent to pilot school to learn courage, whereas the courageous but arrogant and self-centered young man was sent to work in a nursery to experience connection to others. It reminded me of drama therapy, where the “expansion of your repertoire” allowed participants to resolve their own issues. Expanding your repertoire means learning things you either don’t know, or don’t know that you know by engaging parts of yourself that have been lying dormant.
Often people are fearful to participate in things that are unfamiliar. They may be plagued with thoughts of failure, fears of not being good enough, thoughts that are oriented in what might happen rather than what is happening in the moment. If you need to engage future thoughts, try curiosity with an open mind: "what might happen if?” rather than assuming the worst case scenario. What we often forget is that our failures often teach us more than our successes. It is in exploring that which is unfamiliar that we can discover new talents and resources. And to do that we need to realign and adapt our thoughts in ways that better serve us, and disrupt those thought patterns that limit us.
Today’s world requires that adaptability. Climate change, Artificial Intelligence and lightening fast changes in technology necessitate new thought pathways. Challenging circumstances are better resolved with calmness, focus on possible choices, and a positive mindset. If we can embrace change rather than fear it, we can improve our emotional resilience and creative problem solving skills. Remember to be kind and gentle with yourself and to maintain positive health habits in the process. Yoga teaches us it is important to honor our limits but at the same time recognize that they too change and can often gently be nudged into a new position. The same is true of our belief systems.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Leon C. Megginson’s synopsis of Darwin’s ideas
Often people are fearful to participate in things that are unfamiliar. They may be plagued with thoughts of failure, fears of not being good enough, thoughts that are oriented in what might happen rather than what is happening in the moment. If you need to engage future thoughts, try curiosity with an open mind: "what might happen if?” rather than assuming the worst case scenario. What we often forget is that our failures often teach us more than our successes. It is in exploring that which is unfamiliar that we can discover new talents and resources. And to do that we need to realign and adapt our thoughts in ways that better serve us, and disrupt those thought patterns that limit us.
Today’s world requires that adaptability. Climate change, Artificial Intelligence and lightening fast changes in technology necessitate new thought pathways. Challenging circumstances are better resolved with calmness, focus on possible choices, and a positive mindset. If we can embrace change rather than fear it, we can improve our emotional resilience and creative problem solving skills. Remember to be kind and gentle with yourself and to maintain positive health habits in the process. Yoga teaches us it is important to honor our limits but at the same time recognize that they too change and can often gently be nudged into a new position. The same is true of our belief systems.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Leon C. Megginson’s synopsis of Darwin’s ideas
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