Greetings Everyone! I’d like to share a recent experience and the lesson I learned with you. Sunday night there was a very widespread power outage in the city that I live. It was annoying to say the least, but it only lasted about an hour. Once the power was returned we all went back to business as usual until the following day.
Monday morning rolled around so my household was rocking and rolling. Zoom meetings, 10th and 3rd grade virtual school were underway. Then pop! The power goes out again ughhhh. A few minutes later it jumps back on and we reboot the routers, log back into our devices etc. Until pop, it goes off once again! Thankfully this time around the outage only lasted a few minutes. Again we rebooted and started back up. Guys I completely was over it by the time it jumped off a third time. I’m talking over it, over it. I packed up my materials and went to bed. Nap time was my happy place.
Things happen right and a the grand scale it was no biggy. The discussion with my children about the cause of the outages is what stuck with me. My kiddos asked me what caused the power outage, of coarse I had no clue so we attempted to look it up. The utility company gave a vague answer and basically stated that they would be putting a bandaid on the problem for now. My little were not satisfied, “Mom if they know this fix wont last why won’t they do more?” I explained that it sometimes takes time to find the root cause, but as long as you remain committed to the task and don’t give up it can happen.
I believe this reminder is needed in so many areas of life right now. We have so many band-aids over so many issues. Are we committed to finding the cause and cure for anything anymore? Or are we content to point a finger and shift the blame to others? Our willingness to let “good enough” slide has us so far removed that we don’t even know where to start correcting the problem. This is true in personal and societal issues.
What is it worth to you? And what are you willing to do about it? Will you be willing to be uncomfortable for a period of time while you discover the root cause of your issues so that you can move forward in life? Or is a temporary band-aid enough?