Monday, January 31, 2011
Opposing the system that does not support you
“We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.”
Bishop Desmond Tutu
We live in a world that is making it ever increasingly difficult to be your authentic self. Educational institutions, corporations, organizations want you to conform to their limiting standards. Their rules
usually do not support your unique ways of thinking and acting.
Your uniqueness is where your creativity is located. It is your way of thinking out of the box and is in harmony with both your strengths and values. Your creativity will usually provide innovative solutions
to problems you are confronting. Don’t let your inner source of creativity remain stagnant because a system dictates what you must do. To be your best, means you must oppose what does not naturally
work for you. If it is not right for you, then you need to oppose the system’s standards. The system’s way is not the only way. The only way is your unique way; the one that supports your strengths aligned
with your passionate purpose. If you let an unsupportive system dictate uniformity and conformity, it will prevent you from accessing your unique, diverse and creative insight. What do you want?
How can you inform an unsupportive system what they need to do to support your unique way of doing things?
