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Have you ever found it difficult to relax, almost as if you have left something undone? I am not necessarily referring to a decision of self-care on a lazy Saturday, but moreso an overarching state that continually remerges in different areas of your life.
Many of us are in a perpetual climb of the corporate ladder. We may have already found a comfortable salary, excellent leadership, and a more than conforming schedule, yet we still feel underemployed, underused, and underestimated.
This feeling even spills over into our auxiliary activities as well as we watch men claw for positions within the church, intramural sports, coaching systems, etc.
Our wonderful Home Owner's Associations instill a subconscious inter-neighborhood competition as they only reward and affirm the best yard with never a mention of the hundreds of manicured yards that owners spent time laboring in for hours simply for their own self-satisfaction. This subversive and divisive system leaves many unsettled. This unsettling effect is very hard to shake loose.
We always feel like we should be the boss, the leader, the change maker, or the person at the head of the table.
Is this a bad thing or has something been instilled within you to know you have not fully reached your potential?
"Remember, you will only ascend to the level of success that you have internally established for yourself; you will not surpass what you have settled in your mind as your pinnacle."
Dr. Darren L. DuBose Sr.
If you believe you can be a CEO your subconscious will always drive you towards that mark, thereby leaving you unsettled. If you start to inherit or adopt the mark that others have set for you it dilutes and blurs your own mark, again leaving you unsettled.
Being unsettled is just fine as long as it involves action. You can have a better job, a better marriage, a better relationship, and better health. But most importantly, you can be a better "you." Stop being settled with your negative shortcomings. Become unsettled with your lack of kindness, your lack of humanness, your lack of forgiveness, and your lack of unconditional love. Let that unsettling push you toward change and growth and I promise you everything else will follow. You will be at the head of the table because others will be happy to follow you. You will have better relationships because people will be drawn to you. You will be settled because you will finally fit into the purpose you were created for.
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