Dear all,

The time-honored rituals in which we participate remind us of the valuable connections that bind us to one another and to our passions, and provide structure upon which we can confidently base our projections of future events or outcomes.

We know what has worked for us in the past, whether it's in dealing with wacky Uncle Fred when he gets tipsy at the family holiday dinners, soothing an angry spouse, or making ourselves feel better when we're a bit depressed. We also know what has worked in creating success in our jobs, what will and won't get us fired, what kind of behavior is tolerated within our team, and what isn't.

Traditions can provide alignment when otherwise there would be none. If everyone at work knows that "this is the way we do things around here," then everyone follows the rules, unwritten and otherwise, and nobody gets hurt.

Except.

The world is a fast-changing place. You can't stop change, and you wouldn't even want to. A world that didn't change would be something from a futuristic horror movie. In the movie Truman, Jim Carey as Truman steps out his front door in the morning and greets his neighbors.

"Good morning!" he cries. "And if I don't see you later, good afternoon, good evening and good night!"

One gets the impression that Truman walks out his front door and says these words every day. For Truman, that works out, because in the movie, everyone is catering to his every whim, whether it's good for his growth and development as a human being or not.

In the end, Truman discovers that the traditions he has come to rely on are no longer really serving him.
Rather than just going through the motions, he begins to question his traditional interactions with his world.
By doing so, he learns that there is an abundance of possibility available to him that had previously been invisible, despite having been there all along.

Truman could have continued to believe that the world was unchanged. Instead, he embraces the new information he is given and changes his life and the lives of those around him. He discards the traditions that have kept him stuck, and becomes willing to replace them with new ones.

Questioning your own traditional thoughts and behaviors, along with seeking out and embracing new information, are two great ways to access an abundance of undiscovered possibility. Just for today, ask yourself, "Why am I doing this?" If the answer is, "Because that's how I (we) always do it," change it up! Invent a new way to do it. Ask someone else how they would do it. Or don't do it at all. You'll be amazed at what shows up.

Wishing you every possibility--

--Kim