On my first reading of today’s entry, I thought, Wow – this is
hard core world culture – I’m not sure how to relate! I don’t know too many people who are the
climb-the-ladder-at-any-cost type, although I know they’re out there.
Reading it again, though I zeroed in on the word: control.
In my circles, people aren’t cutthroat (they’re mostly nice). I do, however, run into people who have control
issues. On occasion, I am one of them.
I know we’ve explored control issues on past days, and the
conclusion was that insecurity is what drives us to want to control what’s
around us. We’re uncomfortable and
fearful because life is unpredictable.
What I’m seeing today is that the thing we fear is, at its
core, rejection. Makes sense,
right? I’d rather have you focus on what
I’m doing than on who I am.
Keeping this in mind will help me deal with the worst
offenders. And hopefully, if I really
take it to heart, it will help me not be one of them.
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