Where There's a Will
Where There’s a Will
Last week I attended a symposium presented by the Pachamama Alliance. This has had a profound effect on my life. I was struck by one line, spoken on one of the many fantastic videos they showed. I was struck by many others, but the one I want to share with you, because it also is something that I can relate to coaching, too, is this: What’s Away?
What’s away? What is it to Send away? To Keep away? To Stay away? To Go away? And to Throw away. In the context of the symposium, the focus was on throw away. I can’t escape it because there is no away. But I acted like away meant – out of sight, out of mind – it disappears; away meant – not my responsibility. But when I take something to throw away, it doesn’t disappear. It just hides from view. It becomes garbage. And it can stay around forever.
I’ve switched to cloth napkins. I hate air dryers in public washrooms – and I now use them. I can’t buy coffee in containers anymore. I’ve changed how I shop. I intend to keep my planet around – I won’t throw it away.
And as I thought about the other aways, I can see that we play the same games with our psyches – with our pasts. We want our personal space to be clean, by going away, by keeping away, by sending away. But there is no away. Our yesterdays hang out in our future. They keep popping up. This woman is like that woman is like that woman is like my mother, my sister, my aunt. This boss is like that boss, is like that teacher, is like my brother, my uncle, my father.
But where there’s a will, there’s a way. That’s coaching.
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In many ways this is the start of the overeating season, which is why I think that January is the cold and flu season.
But I am thankful for the life I have – for my family – for my health - for my clients - for all of you. And I wish the same for all of you and yours – that you take a few moments to appreciate your life.
Last week I attended a symposium presented by the Pachamama Alliance. This has had a profound effect on my life. I was struck by one line, spoken on one of the many fantastic videos they showed. I was struck by many others, but the one I want to share with you, because it also is something that I can relate to coaching, too, is this: What’s Away?
What’s away? What is it to Send away? To Keep away? To Stay away? To Go away? And to Throw away. In the context of the symposium, the focus was on throw away. I can’t escape it because there is no away. But I acted like away meant – out of sight, out of mind – it disappears; away meant – not my responsibility. But when I take something to throw away, it doesn’t disappear. It just hides from view. It becomes garbage. And it can stay around forever.
I’ve switched to cloth napkins. I hate air dryers in public washrooms – and I now use them. I can’t buy coffee in containers anymore. I’ve changed how I shop. I intend to keep my planet around – I won’t throw it away.
And as I thought about the other aways, I can see that we play the same games with our psyches – with our pasts. We want our personal space to be clean, by going away, by keeping away, by sending away. But there is no away. Our yesterdays hang out in our future. They keep popping up. This woman is like that woman is like that woman is like my mother, my sister, my aunt. This boss is like that boss, is like that teacher, is like my brother, my uncle, my father.
But where there’s a will, there’s a way. That’s coaching.
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In many ways this is the start of the overeating season, which is why I think that January is the cold and flu season.
But I am thankful for the life I have – for my family – for my health - for my clients - for all of you. And I wish the same for all of you and yours – that you take a few moments to appreciate your life.
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