Last week we investigated willpower and how focusing on why we want what we want can help us get what we want.
What can get in the way of focusing on why we want what we want?
Passivity.
Passivity is an offense of omission. Not focusing on why you want what you want is passive.
To have willpower is not passive.
But here’s the thing – it’s taking willpower to not knock down the icicles you see in the image above. But I feel passive because I’m not knocking them down. Willpower is passive?
CLUE: Pull a book off your shelf and open at random. Use what you discover to create something. You can create a joke, a pun, a wise saying, or just enjoy reading or rereading a random sentence. I’d love to hear what you create! I pulled John Lee’s book, The half–lived life, on overcoming passivity to create this post.
Thanks for exploring the mystery – Nicky Mendenhall
2 comments
interesting take on passivity. I think the biggest danger with passivity is depression. When we do not act, we can start to lose a feeling of aliveness and feel like life is being done "to" us instead of "with" us.
Hi Diane,
I agree with you on the danger of passivity being depression.
Willpower gives us the sense of aliveness you mention!
Thanks for reading and commenting!
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