Subtraction

24/08/2021

What do we need vacation for? To get to know something, see something, rest? To take a distance? To stop? As every year, I spent some time in the mountains, where questions are born by themselves, especially the difficult ones, and those that keep coming back to find an answer other than in the lowlands. Every time I sit down after the arduous hike and look down, the questions come - What am I doing down there? For what? What is important there and what is not?

We are busy every day - something must happen, something must be done. We need to succeed, solve problems, , earn, count profits and minimize losses, move forward, ask yourself "what next?" I am already out of breath as I write this. DOING, takes up a great part of our lives.

For me, vacation is a time to think about what to throw away and remove from your life. What I do not need in the backpack of my life. What in my further journey has become an unnecessary burden.

- What do I want to spend time on and what not?
- Who do I want to work with and who not?
- What project to pursue and what not?
- What damages me and what develops me?
- Which mountains to climb and which ones to let go of?
- Why and to whom should I give myself and my energy, and where to withdraw it from?

It is going to be difficult, because I like to be present, give, share my experience, advice and a word. And I'm not going to change that. But I want to do it smarter. To implement programs and projects that I can make a difference with. Work with people I can give and learn from. Enter into situations that build me up, not where I shrink. Support with my work those who want transformation and are not afraid of it, despite the fact that it can be painful and difficult. Work with leaders who change themselves first, then the company and employees, not the other way around.

And I'm going to widen the place for thinking, for becoming, for BEING. This means slowing down and finding space, perhaps for doing nothing, because only when you turn off the noise, clock ticking - you can hear silence, and the greater SENSE and MEANING.
 
I recommend such a reflection.