There is something that comes along from time to time to help guard against complacency.
It’s the rumblings.
Allow me to give you an example of it in operation. You’ve got a new job. There’s those initial stages of adapting to the new routines and the new environment. Then there’s understanding how things operate beyond the routine. This process might involve the occasional slip up, but that’s all the better to gain a firmer grounding in the place.
After those initial months you begin to feel really settled in the place. The colleagues become a regular part of your life, you can even begin to predict what they’ll wear on a given day. Even the highs and lows of work life over the year don’t have the impact they once did. You know what to expect, you know how things will go and although members of staff come and go, it’s not that much of a bother to you.
In that scenario, some will be content with their lot and not look to rock the boat. Hoping for the pay increase along with inflation to keep up with things.
Others, however, might get the rumblings. Nothing major on the surface, but inside the slight grimace at certain of the regular developments. A little question inside from time to time wondering if this is where you’re supposed to be. Nothing dramatic, nothing drastic, just the little tug here and there at the conscience asking questions. Pressing questions.
This is not just applicable to the job situation. It can apply to all the major aspects of life. When those rumblings begin some find it disconcerting and uncomfortable. They don’t like it because it can get a bit disruptive over time. So they find ways of dealing with it – chat it away or slap some entertainment or leisure to buzz it off. I am not saying there’s anything wrong with that approach because some are happy to live that kind of life.
There are times, however, when that rumbling is an invitation. It is a disruptive invitation. It is an invitation that requires a degree of upheaval. It is an invitation that might put a lot of what you know and value at risk. Yet what it invites you towards is something that just can’t be ignored.
Sometimes you have to go with the rumblings …
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C. L. J. Dryden
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