Resilient People (Part 6) – Out of Control
Not all of us are believers. Those who are longing for understanding may have more doubts than others. All may agree there not just one single truth and if it may be, it´s not visible for all. Over centuries, people tried to understand this world. Till today we do not have the ultimate formula for this world, and our positions may change as well more or less frequent.
The US-American theologist, philosopher, and author Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) wrote the prayer below:
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking this sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it.
To understand that we have hardly anything under control may be the key for more resilience – will someone drop a bomb or not? We don´t have the power to stop. Will someone mess up our country? Will the next volcano erupt? Will a Tsunami take a toll? We have seen so many historical events how people suffered, and we see such examples today, too. Having the courage to change what we can change, to address what we can address and to have no fear – that is what we may contribute. To respect others and different ways of thinking might become a foundation to build on. Not more but as well not less.
To live such concepts in a works context is not easy but doable. We all know the examples when a group of below average performing people performed as a team and achieved results no-one had ever expected. We all know the managers we voluntarily respected and those we had to respect. Feel invited to ask for support.
