you don't have a problem you have a predicament ...

A friend said to me this week - "you don't have a problem,

problems have solutions

you have a predicament

predicaments only have prayers"

(and yes, it did make me google predicament because I didn't realize a predicament, although the word does conjure up dire images of maidens tied to railroad tracks ... that could just be me from too many years watching Underdog or Bullwinkle or Mighty Mouse or whatever that was ...  is that much different than a problem)

predicament (pri-dik-uh-muhnt) noun
catch -22, bind, corner, no win situation

I'll write a post about the particulars at some point, but just not today.

It is amazing how much time and energy and power we invest in trying to solve things that are just not solvable even when we know better ...

So, for the week ahead - I will be asking not for a solution, but just to be shown how to live with what already is. Let's see where this takes me ....

2 comments

KJ said...

Thank you for sharing these insights. I love that you make me laugh, that you teach me about business, but mostly I love these tidbits that help me get through the day.

DancingMooney said...

this weeks mantra : ask not for a solution, but just to be shown how to live with what already is.

yes. empowering, you will find it. I love how you have a way of putting these things into words... ;)