The Man Who Waits For Things To Turn Up
by Marty Coleman | Nov 16, 2010 |
I think most people would say I am not this type but in truth I tend to be this person. I have a bad habit of waiting for something to happen, for someone to contact me. It’s not that I don’t put out effort to find opportunities, I do. It’s just that I tend to slide back into waiting once I put out that effort. I don’t always push it further. At times I am afraid of bugging people. Other times it’s fear of rejection. It’s also often the situation where I don’t know what next step to take; who to call, where to write, what to submit, etc.
What I do to combat that tendency is simple, it’s just to put it out there all over again. It’s in fits and starts, it comes and goes, I forget then I remember. But no matter how or when it happens, I get back up and put it out there again.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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>I understand completely. There is much in religion and philosophy that says you should let things unfold without your influence. America hasn't ever really grasped onto that as a way of being and as a result we are a nation of doers. That is good to a degree, but it also lends itself to uber-controllers who are constantly frustrated because, in truth, they are not able to control everything. I am glad to see that we seem to be moving towards a balance between the two in recent decades.
>I have a hard time differentiating between letting things unfold (feels like staring at my toes)and wanting to assert control and take action. Hard to know where the line is most of the time, huh?
>Amen.