Rise to the Challenge? Ha.

Don’t simply ‘rise’ to a challenge or change; that is to relinquish one’s responsibility to understand, balance, and to weigh the pros and cons balance of that challenge or change using the wisdom of reflectivity and deliberacy.

While there are those who benefit and even appear to prosper, often apparently without adverse affect from change and ‘challenge’, those are the exception to the rule in the long run. Indeed, these are beings who fail in the imperative of listening to the inner voice and balanced compass that can result from constant consideration of alternatives as changes or challenges present themselves…