LegendaryLife Blog

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At the beginning of each new phase of our journey, we create a Mental Photo Album of how our life is going to unfold.

When we begin school, we create the Album.
When we join a team, we create the Album.
When we meet and fall in love, we create the Album.
When we get that job or career, we create the Album.

The most significant Mental Photo Album that we create is the life our children will have. The minute they are born and we find out their gender, that Album is cast in stone. Mentally we envision the skills they will acquire, the grades they will attain, the university they will attend and even in many cases, the career they will choose. Some of us go as far as picturing the type of person our children will marry and where they will live.

Think about this. These Photos become indelibly etched in our minds and in many cases these Photos become who we are and what we live for.

Here is where we encounter the fly in the ointment. We have no control whatsoever how the other people we come in contact with have created their own Mental Photo Album. And if that Album is different to our Album, we can have a major breakdown.

Dante said, “We don’t see the world as it truly is, we see the world from where we stand.”

We must keep in mind that our relationships are an ‘add on’ to our journey, NOT our journey.

Unfortunately there are too many variables as we progress along the road of life and because of these variables; the Mental Photo Album that we created will ultimately change. We need to embrace these changes as we embrace the changing seasons.

As life replaces our current Photos with new ones, we should look at these not as aberrations, but as new pieces of art that can transform our Mental Photo Album of Life into a new and wondrous Work of Art.

In the workplace, changing the Photos can lead to obstructionism and conflict. Just because you have been doing something a certain way does not mean that it is the only way to do the job. New Photos can add a new direction and a new vitality to your career.

Like life, imagery has evolved over the years. Paintings and art evolved into still photos and still photos evolved into moving pictures. Remember life is fluid. Allow your Photo Album to evolve and view these new Photos with acceptance not angst. By doing so, every new Photo becomes an adventure and isn’t that what this journey is all about.

Peace…