Making the Essential Enjoyable & Easy
Making Monday
I've heard it said that how we feel on Mondays is one of the clearest indicators of life satisfaction. Here is a quick thought on how to make Monday—and every day—work better...
A Frictionless World
I was reminiscing recently with a dear friend and somehow the topic of high school physics came up.
“You remember those thought experiments that started with the directions 'You're stranded on a frictionless pond…'” she said.
I did. As well as the story problems about objects falling in a vacuum at 32 feet per second squared—completely dismissing wind resistance.
“Well,” she said. “There is no frictionless pond.”
Profound and true.
Looking back, I see that so many difficulties I've had in life relate to my misestimating friction and resistance.
Or attempting to operate in an imaginary world where I believe friction and resistance shouldn't exist.
But there is no frictionless pond.
And living isn't a thought experiment where acceleration isn't accompanied by a proportional increase in wind resistance.
As acceleration increases, so does resistance. Only every time.
So in my tentative steps on this journey toward maturity, I've come to appreciate both the challenge and gift of resistance.
Every iota of knowledge, skill, ability, resilience, persistence, and strength I have acquired—and any inklings of wisdom—arose in response to the heat of friction.
And every setback occurred because of an attempt to evade the pressure of resistance.
Success can only be considered as such because it happens in an environment that is not magically, mythically frictionless.
Fortunately, there's plenty of opportunity to explore this truth in our very real, friction-filled world. ;-)
Jim Rohn once put it this way: “Don't wish it was easier. Wish you were better.”
And getting better is something we 100% control.
Essential things are typically not inherently easy, but we can find creative ways to do them with greater ease and even enjoyment...
Which both acknowledges the reality of friction and resistance AND reduces drag.
Because WE are changeable.
Unlike the laws of physics.
Together, let's end the fight to change…
Delmar
