Whether you know it or not

A person does not have to join a group or be a wise leader to work things out. Life’s process unfolds naturally. Conflicts resolve themselves sooner or later, whether or not a person knows how things happen.

It is true that being aware of how things happen makes one’s words more potent and one’s behavior more effective. But even without the light of conciousness, people grow and improve. Being unconcscious is not a crime; it is merely a lack of a very helpful ability.

Knowing how things work gives the leader more real power and ability than all the degrees or titles the world can offer. That is why people in every era and in every culture have honored those who know how things happen.

Tao of Leadership
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“Being unconcscious is not a crime; it is merely a lack of a very helpful ability” … those are words I need to take to heart. Too often I am annoyed with other people for not being aware of how thigs happen or the consequences of their actions. I’ve excused it a lot in my kids, knowing they were kids and learning. I have difficulty excusing it in adults, however. I wonder how people can be so stupid, quite a lot of the time, actually. It’s probably the biggest reason I avoid a lot of people in my life.

One of my former good friends, Mike, used to say I didn’t suffer fools gladly. Very true. But I think I am a bit more forgiving now than I used to be. After all, I’ve been crazy myself, and spent a lot of time not even realizing how crazy I was becoming. So I know how that happens. But the everyday, ordinary lack of awareness of how life progresses around you, the out of touch way so many seem to live their lives – that bothers me.

I am pretty much aware of where every living thing around me is, without even thinking about it. It amazes me when my husband asks where one of the kids are. I know where almost everything in my house is and can find it in minutes, even if the house is a mess. I know dates, places, times I have to be somewhere, what the weather is like, how people are without asking, just from their expression. My husband is never aware of these things.

Ah, well, it’s just a helpful ability. Heh. To me, awareness of life and how things work is a central part of my life. I would hate to be without that helpful ability….