When we seek solace. 

Lis­te­ned while wri­ting this post, try while rea­ding it :o)

This post is the six­teenth in a series which looks at the evo­lu­tion of what is left of what we call demo­cra­cy in my nation. These posts are best read in the order they were publi­shed. Star­ting at the 6th post in the series, for example, will mean that nothing makes sense to you, dear rea­der. Hap­py reading! 

Suf­fe­ring has been the sub­ject of many of the posts on this blog, but in this one we will be focus­sing more spe­ci­fi­cal­ly on men­tal suf­fe­ring. When we are confron­ted with a dif­fi­cult pro­blem, whe­ther in our per­so­nal or pro­fes­sio­nal lives, in most cases we imme­dia­te­ly seek the moti­va­tion we need to find a solu­tion. Whe­ther it’s pas­sing a test at school, gai­ning finan­cial com­pen­sa­tion (direct­ly or indi­rect­ly), or even if it is for plea­sure or in the spi­rit of com­pe­ti­tion, some sort of situa­tion like the above must exist in order to ini­tiate the pro­cess of fin­ding a solution. 

The reso­lu­tion of a pro­blem usual­ly entails a cer­tain effort being made, howe­ver, the reso­lu­tion of a more com­plex pro­blem can some­times mean suf­fe­ring. It’s a bit like if we were to com­pare a fair­ly easy phy­si­cal exer­cise with one that requires all the strength we pos­sess in order to achieve it. Natu­ral­ly, we attempt to avoid this sort of hard­ship. We give up and find excuses, or we dele­gate the pro­blem to someone else, eager to for­get all about it.

It is in this context that the concept of a figu­re­head is main­tai­ned. It exists to sort out the pro­blems which are too com­plex for the people them­selves to deal with. People with a capi­tal ‘P’ – the pro­ver­bial group which repre­sents the sum of all our indi­vi­dual passivity. 

Until next time…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Hei­di Dew­hirst: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-virginia-dewhirst-142983a4/

Last Upda­ted on Novem­ber 5, 2021 by Coach Dan­ny