Patience When All You Have Left is Patience

My last few posts have been loaded with indecision because I haven't been feeling well. I'll try to keep it positive this post.

I went to a wedding with my Dad and Brother the other day. It was my cousin marrying. I wasn't able to drink booze, but I still had a good time, I think we all did. My cousin and his wife seemed really happy. The ceremony was short and sweet with my Dad reading a passage, then we went inside to greet the wedding crew. Later we ate a wonderful dinner and as everyone was letting their food digest the lights went off and up came blue pulsating lights all over. There were more lights, then all sorts of craziness. We left before the end, but it was still a great success. As we were leaving I saw my cousin and his wife lifting and throwing shoes in response to questions, it looked like fun.

It's nice spending time with my family. I guess I spend a lot of time with my family considering I live with my parents.

Why does everybody react in life and in business?

Once upon a time, humanity had great foresight, our plans stretched out years ahead and generations ahead, the work we did was an actualization of our dreams. Fast forward to today and everything, each sale, each conversation, each decision, is a reaction. When did we lose our foresight and begin reacting? Is it when we really started trying? Is it when we had enough with the problems we were encountering? Is it when greed kicked in? Either way, it's when we lost the driving force of our resolve and began compromising. But what's wrong with planning and beginning with the end in mind? Is it simply a strength that has been lost through disuse? I'm not sure why we're losing it, but it's clear that as time goes on we are reacting more than we're being creative.

Creative living is as simple as being whole while building something of value. But we have put creativity on the back burner and replaced it with the fear of creativity. Through abuse, and neglect, and reaction, we have taken a good thing and turned it into a shadow of itself.