“The peculiar grace of a shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit in it.” –Edward Deming Andrews.
Why do something that you don’t believe in wholeheartedly?
Why say things that you don’t really mean?
Why keep things that you don’t love?
Those were the wonder questions that popped into my head today as I was clearing my office and found the quotation about the shaker chair. It was scribbled on a yellowed 3 x 5 card – a treasure buried deep below the mountain of paper and piles…
Turning these wonderings over to you, how would you respond?
- Is there something you’re doing that you don’t believe in wholeheartedly?
- Are you saying things that you don’t really mean?
- Are you keeping things that you don’t really love?
What would it take to change these unconscious habits?
Write your thoughts in the comment box below and notice what, if anything, happens when you simply name and feel the habit that is coming up to clear.
