It’s not what you think; it’s what you don’t acknowledge

“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change” – Wayne W. Dyer

7:30 am Monday morning.

Cathy is on her way into work. Setting at the stop light she ponders on the upcoming week. As the light turns to green, Cathy slowly turns left to toward her business. Out of nowhere, bam!

Cathy’s front tire nipped the median; we’ve all done this. We’ve underestimated our position on the road and slightly, or in Cathy’s case, hit the curb.

Unfortunately Cathy’s tire was not so lucky. She immediately calls in to work to let them know she’s running late. She pulls into the new tire store just down the road where Johnny begins to explain the options she has for a tire replacement; Goodyear, Michelin, Firestone. Johnny seems to know what he’s talking about, so she goes with his recommendation. (Goodyear)

Over the course of the next few months, Cathy can’t help but notice how the tire seems to be wearing unevenly. Since she’s out of town, she goes to another tire store where they make another recommendation concerning the brand of tire.  The owner says, “Goodyear tires are good; however, they don’t last as long as Michelins”.

Again, Cathy not knowing anything about tires proceeds with the new suggestion. Unfortunately this occurs over and over…Firestone…Dunlop…Bridgestone…Pirelli…Toyo…etc.
Tire after tire the results are the same.

How many times has this been the theme in our life? We focus on a solution with no effort made toward identifying the problem.

In Cathy’s case, it wasn’t the tire…it was the rim. Since the rim is slightly bent; it causes uneven wear and tear on the tire. You can change the tire 50 times, and the outcome will always be the same.
The moral of this story is we often avoid, deflect, or we’re in complete denial about the root cause of our problem.

There is no doubt about the fact that tires occasionally need to be changed; however, to not acknowledge the primary cause of the wear and tear is to basically accept the fact that life will never change. It will be a continual cycle of misdiagnosed movements that lead us right back to the very place we started.

If we only focus on the solution; we will never find resolution for the problem.