“It seems today that everyone is fueled by the golden carrot of achievement. This carrot is dangled in front of us day and night and it is something that gets ingrained in us from birth through social conditioning. We want to succeed; we want to be the good child, the one who does well. So we try harder, put more effort into it and develop our skills. We achieve, whether it is what we want or not. We achieve at school and at work. Then we show off our achievements to everyone through the house we buy, the family we build, and the wardrobe we wear. For men everything revolved around their car, for women it can be the size of the ring on their finger or their beautiful home." writes Nathalie Lussier in
How many times have you felt inferior when asked "And, what do you do?" Someone is inquiring about your outsides, when you know your inner self is rich in all kinds of ways. A much better question, which I learned from Sheila's blog, Live Well, is "What inspires you?"
