In control, until you're not... then what?
Posted on November 09, 2012 by Gary Mahler , One of Thousands of Executive Coaches on Noomii.
How to deal with life when we feel we are not in control
“Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
till the right action arises by itself”
LAO-TZU, Tao-te-Ching
When we think we have things in control we are pretty sure of our ideas, our opinions and ourselves. That’s until we don’t – then we lose sleep, we worry and we have anxiety.What do you do when you are unsure of yourself, what to do next, are confused or unclear?
How does one wait till the mud settles and remain unmoving until right action arises by itself?
Maybe we gain control by letting go… something like settling in to the not knowing. I think it’s called surrender. Like falling into a big comfy chair.
