We all go through transitions, not necessarily all the time as such, even though that is discussable. I mean life is a process so we move forward or backwards all the time. As nothing around is at a standstill there is no such ting as a pause or stop. As I have pointed put numerous times in this blog a transition has three parts and always starts with an ending. I you want to start something new, you have to end something old. There is no way around it. Can I not be multitasking? We’re not at that level, this is you and your state of affairs. That is (a) one thing. You are.
So even though most of us resist them, we go through them, but at a slower pace because of this resistance. This is because we do not want development, or to look at it from an other perspective, we all want development but not the consequences of it, which simply means we have to leave something behind.
I currently work with a group of people that has been a long time out of work. They resist the transition they have to go through. Not that they do not want a job. They all do. So what is the the problem? They do not want to work. That’s the challenge. Of course they all want a job. There comes status with a job (there is more status with being employed than being unemployed irrespective of the hierarchical level). But having a job and working are two different things. The latter actually requires you do something, you leave a passive state, i.e. you have to leave a state of affaires behind, let go. That is the real threshold they have to pass, and which can be high as the highest unconquerable mountain.
How to make them realize this is the way to go, how to regain their pride in having a job? How to trust the new? How to make them them realize the journey is worth taking. which reminds me of this quote from “As A Man Thinketh” by james Allen: Tempest-tossed souls, where ever ye may live, know this – in the ocean of life the isles of Blessedness are smiling, and the sunny shores of your ideal awaits your coming”. If someone really fits the tempest-tossed description it is these people.
It boils down to trust – mainly in yourself. Self confidence. And for every day out of work you lose a little bit of it.I try to make them understand they are just as valuable as anyone. Just as important as anyone. Unlimited potential.
Capable of anything. – If they are willing. Will and the consequence of will are challenges. Circumstance. Stuck in circumstance.
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