Bill Parker

We are at harmony when our ideal and real selves are consistent. When we have a job we love and are proud of, when our family life is running the way we want it to, and when our actions are in line with our goals then we are congruent. Take a quick moment to think of the people you admire most in this world. I wager their lives are very congruent, they do what they say, they say what they do, and they are at peace with who they are. Congruence is indicative of personal and intellectual strength.

Incongruence on the other hand causes discomfort and stress. This energy can be manufactured and harnessed for good.

There was no single person who put a man on the moon, no one individual built a canal that connects the Atlantic and the Pacific, it takes a community to accomplish anything great. In order to build a skyscraper years of land acquisition and planning are done ahead of time, architects, bankers, masons, iron workers, electricians, plumbers and hundreds of other professions get involved. It takes a community to coordinate the efforts of individuals and align them toward a common goal. No single individual can come close to matching the productivity and sheer power that can be mustered thru community.

Are you the kind of person to grit your teeth, clench your fists and sprint to the finish or would you prefer to lie down and let New Years Day 2010 roll right over you?