Dear Q,
If there is anything I learned during my years of training advocacy strategies, it’s this: don’t fight against what you don’t want. Focus your time, money, and energy on what you want to achieve, not on what you want to eradicate. Give your attention to your desired outcome, whatever that is. What do you want?
- Equitable access and opportunities?
- Health for all?
- Corporate integrity?
- Peace?
- Equal rights under the law?
- Social inclusion?
- Justice?
Whatever you focus on, you feed. Be aware of where you direct your energy.
Love always,
Mom
“Whatever you focus on, you feed.” Amen. There is just so much going on and with only finite energy, we need to pick our battles. So why fight for something we don’t believe in but rather in things that we do? Great lesson.
You know how much I adore you, but with every one of letters to Q, I adore you that much more.
Profound lesson. Most will never learn this. So much time and effort wasted in the fighting. Too little good missed without focus.
xo
Exactly. So many anti campaign, boycotts (which do have their place), corporate bashing – focussing on the all negative without attention to the desired outcome.
To what end? It frustrates me because there are ways to be more effective.
Just followed a link on Coffees and Commutes and wow! Talk about walking in to the right place at the right time – this is EXACTLY what I need to hear!!
Today, for me, it’s not about a social or political fight – it’s about inner ranting around someone else’s behavior and comments (and REALLY! how productive – grin)…but I was on a tear and totally forgetting about putting my energy in a good place.
Thank you SO much for this!! (lucky Q!, getting these lessons so early!!)