DRIFT AND SHIFT

Did you know that a plane is off course 90 - 95% of the time on its way from here to there? Yup, it's true. That is why there is all that navigational equipment on board. The instrumentation is trained to put in a correction every time the plane drifts off course.

It seems the plane is off course quite a bit. I would say 90-95% is a lot. But it still makes it to where it is going. Why? Because it has committed to it's destination. You bought a ticket for LA and by golly that plane is going to get you there.

In life we commit as well. We say we want this or that and then we take action. We move towards what we want, whether it is more intimacy, greater happiness, increased job satisfaction. Next thing we know we've strayed off course. We're arguing with our spouse, we're feeling depressed, and we're grumpy at work. What happened?

We drifted. Just like the airplane, we're off course. And, if we don't put in a correction we're not going to make it to LA.

No problema. Recommit to what you want and keep on keeping on.

The problem isn't that we drift. Drifts happen. The problem is that we judge that we have drifted, or that someone else has drifted. Drifts are part of the human experience. Judging them is optional.

When the airplane drifts off course you don't hear the crew arguing about whose fault it is.

When we judge, we get stuck. Argue with what is and you get stuck in a battle with reality. Now the drift becomes drama and instead of investing our creative energy towards manifesting what we really want, we're locked in a battle with ourselves because of a drift.

Drifts happen.

What to do?

Make a shift. Shift your focus on what you really want and get yourself back on course.

QUOTES

"The world is as it should be whether I oppose it or not." 
~ Byron Katie ~

PRACTICALLY SPEAKING

Drifts happen.

Next time you find you are headed in a direction you said you wouldn't go, pause, take a breath, and put in a correction.

Then keep on keepin' on until the next drift.

Drifts happen. No big deal. Your job is to shift.

WONDER QUESTIONS:

Are you willing to shift when you drift, or would you rather argue with reality?

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Creativity4aCause's mission is simple: to use the power of creativity to make a difference for children by using raised funds to help build schools.

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