You have probably heard the saying “as you make your bed, so shall you lie.” I have too.
It was going through my mind this morning as I stood staring at my unmade bed. Being very exhausted still from all the over activity around the festive period and other personal, family and work responsibilities, I had no time to look back at my bed much less make it when my feet hit the ground earlier today.
So, if, as the saying suggests, I lie on my bed however I make it, what happens when I do not make it?
Well, when nightfall comes, I will still lie on it.
In choosing to not make my bed when I woke up this morning, I actually made it and when the time comes, I will lie on it.
This made me think about leaders, leadership and life as a whole. How many people (leaders) are too busy to make their beds in the different roles they occupy today?
For me, it was a combination of exhaustion and lack of time that relegated making my bed to the back burner this morning. That is if you look at it from the surface only. The truth is that there is a lot more going on in my life as a whole which contributed to this reality. But that is a subject for another day.
What is it for you? Laziness? Indiscipline? Frustration at life’s setbacks? Depression? Discouragement? Self loathing? Hatred for your current life circumstances? Feeling overwhelmed by all the responsibilities you have to tackle?
Whatever the reason might be for you, I am hoping that you can realize that failure to choose the right thing is actually choosing to get stuck.
As I write this post I am hoping to either find the strength and time to make my bed or receive help from someone because, truth be told, I don’t like going to bed at night when my bed is unmade. But then again, if I dislike sleeping on an unmade bed that much, why didn’t I just make it?
Maybe, like me, there are some things you don’t like but still keep doing? And, like me, do you ever wonder why you keep doing those very things regardless? That is because simply disliking something is insufficient to change it. It does not matter how much I dislike sleeping on an unmade bed. Until I get off this couch and make myself make it, nothing is going to change.
Your dislike for something must be translated into 4 dynamic personal growth plans, like we say in leader development, for change to be possible.
Do you desire transformation in different areas of your life this year? Well, I hope you do more than make resolutions about the things you dislike. Until that happens you will still be sleeping on an unmade bed when another year rolls in 12 months from now.
Well, I better go make my bed now. 😂
Happy New Year
Journey with Della 