'Pick a-our selves aaup, Dust a-our selves aoff and beghin again the work of reemaking Amherica' - Barack Obama could not have put it better. The emphasis was perfect. Much has been said and a lot more written about this messiah of change. What he can very optimistically draw strength out of is the fact that we arrre staring down the barrel of a gun. We having being doing it since early 2007. What he does may or may not work. The repercussions of his acts, are ours to bear... and we accept that. Because, what we do know for certain is, the current state of affairs is certainly not benefiting us in any which way.
There is a lot of resistance that one faces whilst change beckons. The change of the kind we require, involves wiping the slate clean. There is this sense of liberation in starting afresh... virginal pride, hope, energy and fear.
Having said that, change needs commitment. Commitment, as Terry Starbucker mentions, is very liberating. It sets you free from the tyranny of your internal critic. Allows you to be at peace with yourself (a trait many desire).
When pushed to the edge of a cliff... look out... not to judge whether to jump, but to judge how to jump. Change, the way it unfurls, is at some levels, not an option.
Update: here is something that I stumbled upon Chris Brogans blog:
Its a grab from Ani Difranco's work:
Buildings and bridges
are made to bend in the wind
to withstand the world,
that’s what it takes
All that steel and stone
is no match for the air, my friend
what doesn’t bend breaks
what doesn’t bend breaks
Malleability and Ductility are a 'must have'
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