And now for the first edition of Wednesday’s Wisdom of Twenty-Ten…
This is another article posted on the intranet at my office. They put up lots of ‘em, I only share the ones that have a message I can agree with (or need to be slapped upside the head by) at the time… Enjoy!
Rather Than Pick Apart
One of the easiest things to do is find fault with someone else. It is extremely easy, often entertaining, and most importantly it keeps the focus off of us.
The first third of my life I was a highly creative fault finder. I could invent things when there was nothing of importance. It was my way of altering reality in hopes of appearing better than I was. Back then, what others thought of me was extremely important.
That began to change when I first heard that 2% of the people think, 3% of the people think they think, and 95% would rather die than think. Proof of this is found in what most people are doing. Just like lost sheep they are following the crowd without even thinking about where the crowd is going. They are blindly doing what they’ve always done.
The second shift in my reasoning occurred after a lengthy look in the mirror. In light of all the mistakes that I have made, what right do I have to be so critical of others?
Most of us want the same things: happiness, love, security, and peace of mind. And, mistakes are the only way we can find our way through a maze of mass confusion. As Confucius said, “He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.”
What I finally found is that compassion and understanding are a much better way to go through life than fault finding. We need to help others understand that mistakes are a natural aspect of life. It’s the price everyone must pay for being real.
Rather than pick apart, we should lead from the heart.
Dick Warn
Copyright 2009 Richard S. Warn & Associates
