2017-06-29
12 分钟So I'm sitting here today and I'm kind of tired.
And it's been a challenging few days or maybe even a few weeks, capped off by some tech meltdowns and some all sorts of different small things that have added up to struggle.
And I'm the guy who goes out there in the world and says, you know, there are ways and practices.
I'm the fill your three good life buckets guy.
You know, like, deepen into connection, make that bucket overflowing.
Deepen into contribution and overflow it and fill that vitality bucket.
And you know, there's this interesting thing that happens in the world of spirituality and, quote, self help, personal development, positive psychology, living your life well.
And that is, I don't know, for lack of a better word, this thing that I call shiny happy life syndrome.
And it's this notion that just because you're on the path where you're devoting a substantial amount of your time and energy to figuring stuff out, somehow you get to opt out of the day to day reality of there being awesome days along the way, there being moments of profound elevation and connection and deep and meaningful purpose and contribution and elevation, and also moments that just outright suck.
And we're not supposed to own that, right?
You know, when you're in this space of writing books or speaking about it, or for those who coach or for those who are professionals or practitioners in the space, they're supposed to be like this wall.
And I wonder sometimes whether we're doing a disservice because everyone I know who is out there trying to do good work as in some way, shape or form, a professional who is helping, who is trying to mentor, to coach, to speak, to think, to lift to God, man, we're right there alongside of you.
There's nobody who I look to who takes the place of preaching from on high.
I tend not to believe that, you know, because were in this together.
And there are some folks who have, through some blend of fortune, some blend of fierce intentions, some blend of just ridiculously hard work, figured out a way to piece together what they do and be compensated for it on a level that allows them to spend the vast majority, if not all of their time, their contribution time diving into these big questions, like doing incredible research and work in these areas where they get to explore these questions and develop ideas and patterns and systems and methods that they may be able to turn around and share with others and have those things in some way be of service, while at the same time feeling like they're really, they're sparked.
They're lit up in doing the work that they're here to do.
And I count myself in that bucket through a blend of all those different things, serendipity and work and all of that found my way to navigating a life and a vocation that allows me to do that.
And at the same time, I don't get to opt out of the human condition.
And I think it's actually people in this quote space want to present themselves as having figured it all out to a certain extent.
They don't want to show the fact that they're human.