“There’s got to be something better than in the middle…
We can drive it home with one headlight.”
– Lyric from The Wallflowers’ “One Headlight”
Non-commitalism (which should be a word, dang it!) lives in the middle of the road. Weenie-ism, which again, should be a word, lives in the middle of the road. As Jacob Dylan and his mates suggest, there’s got to be something better than in the middle, because it is easiest to get run over in the middle of the road.
Belief takes us in to one lane or another. Belief puts us on one side of an issue or another. Belief makes us strong, and belief makes us confident.
Belief is also not necessarily permanent, nor is it a moment-in-time thing. Beliefs can and should evolve. So, it’s not like we’re standing still on one side of the road or another just because we believe. Belief sets our course and gets us moving.
Belief is the most base of all contexts. “Based upon what I believe, then I think _____ must be true in this situation,” provides the context from which we ask questions. Questions either reinforce or evolve our beliefs, and those reinforced or evolved beliefs form the foundation for our next set of experiences.
The same is true in our work. What we believe guides us, puts us in one lane or another and gets us started down the road.
So confidently, in fact, that we can drive it home with one headlight.
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