When someone in authority built a dungeon for you, knowing one has done the right stuff, almost all things are done right and yielded good result, but one is placed in a dungeon because one stood firm on what is right. If you were the one, what would you do?
I guess they are 3 options available: stay down, shape up and ship out. When we mix and match these 3 options, we have more than 9 options combinations.
Is staying down means one is lacking courage?
Is shaping up, i.e. staying strong in the dungeon is a courageous act?
Is shipping out of the dungeon is a sign of bravely?
It depends where one is in the stage of life.
One who were once strong choose to stay down in the dungeon for the sake of providing for one loved ones, for a time.
One who were strong then, choose to shape up while in the dungeon, to move up and out of the dungeon in due time. Is this act ethically right? Some say yes. Some say no. Some ask, what reason to put this one in the dungeon? Is the issue lies with this one? Is the issue rests on the another one? Pause. This one chooses to shape up while in the dungeon, seize the moment of opportune time to break out of the dungeon.
One who have contributed much good, choose to ship out of the dungeon immediately. Is this one brave? Is this one wise? What reason to ship out when the one in authority places this one in the dungeon because this one did what is right, told the truth and desire the best for all.
Well, let us focus on the one.
If we have been like the one who stay down almost all the time, rethink.
If we have been like the one who ship out almost all the time, rethink.
Both options are useful.
Yet when these options are the norm for us, then there are lessons we are meant to learn but we skip the classes for now. Sooner or later, we will re-enroll on the similar lessons again in the future because we yet to cultivate the willingness to go for option 2.
In reflection, i have been using option 1 and 3 for many, many years. i was tempted, very much tempted to apply option 3 & 1. Then ... something unexpected happen and option 2 was 'forced' upon me. I went through the dark night of the soul when this choice of 2 went against my norm of 20 years. In hindsight, i was glad and i thank my Creator God for giving me grace to practice option 2. I have been running away ... but now, I find option 2 is meant to build strength of character, to forge steeliness in my heart and strengthening my resolve to stay focus on my goals. It is also breaking free of the habit of running away which is a dungeon for my life for the past 20 years, I thought I was running free...yet in true, i am running away... Now, I run to face the brutal facts and shaping up to break through the dungeon of my heart, soul, mind and strength.
Yet, it may take years for one to realize option 2 is the better option because option 1 and 3 have yielded precious lessons.
Stay down for a time.
Ship out for a time.
Shape up all the time.
Stay down, Shape Up and Ship Out is one of the keys to break free from dungeon of fear, doubt and timidity, and leaping forth towards to act on plan towards achieving the desired goals.
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