Anyone who knows me well knows two things about me:<\/p>\n
So, it’s very telling that I want to talk about Thanos and balance.\u00a0 \u00a0Warning, spoiler ahead.<\/p>\n
First of all this is a minor spoiler, and something that the comics have been aware of for many many years.\u00a0 I’m not even saying if this is in the movie or not.\u00a0 I’m just relating a character motivation and arc that has already appeared in the comics.\u00a0 \u00a0The character Thanos is a villain who is on a quest to obtain parts that allow him to populate a gauntlet that will them allow him to to a singular thing – create balance in the universe.\u00a0 His method of creating this balance is to wipe out literally half of the life in the universe, with the snap of his fingers.<\/p>\n
His reasoning is fairly simplistic and driven not by evil, but by what he believes<\/em> is good – he doesn’t want that other half of the universe as a whole to suffer.\u00a0 If you remove the other half, there’s more energy and resources to go around.\u00a0 Sound familiar?\u00a0 If you’re one of the people that doesn’t get wiped out, and no one you know is also wiped out, it’s not that terrible of a thing.\u00a0 Yes you mourn for the half of your planet that no longer exists, but life goes on for you and life is actually better, in theory.\u00a0 More stuff to go around, people expand, empty houses, vehicles, a much shorter line Starbucks, more parking spots available.\u00a0 Think about it.\u00a0 And all you had to do is accept that millions of people had to go away, to be sacrificed and no longer be part of the equation.<\/p>\n So why is this important, and how is this a metaphor?\u00a0 Well, I mentioned energy and resources – two of the three magic words I say over and over.\u00a0 His method is to get rid of people so that there’s more energy and resources to go around.\u00a0 They are sacrificed for the greater (in his belief system) good.<\/p>\n You may have encountered a situation in your past in which you are overwhelmed.\u00a0 You have too much going on.\u00a0 How many people say that?\u00a0 All of them at some point?\u00a0 So what did you do?\u00a0 It’s a fair guess that in the absence of training, wisdom of a really nifty system like Alchemy For Life that shows all your energy and resources you did something else: you snapped your fingers.\u00a0 But instead of countless people disappearing, it was an activity or two, or perhaps even a job or relationship.<\/p>\n Poof.<\/p>\n You made it go away.\u00a0 You associated that unpleasant feeling of being overwhelmed or being pulled into too many directions, or having no energy – with that activity, or job, or relationship.\u00a0 And like Thanos, the simple solution is to wipe it out; make it go away.<\/p>\n And just like The Mad Titan your logic is based on what you think is right.\u00a0 Just like Thanos it may very well be flawed.<\/p>\n As I’ve said, life is a sliding puzzle.\u00a0 You have to make room for something or it’s not going to stick.\u00a0 That’s why all those people start a gym membership in January and by March they never step foot in that gym again.\u00a0 Their schedule and energy push back and eject this new, unwelcome activity.\u00a0 And the gym has already signed you up for a repeating payment.\u00a0 What a great business model.<\/p>\n Instead of snapping your fingers and making these things go away, let’s take two steps back.\u00a0 Before you even add something to your schedule and list of activities see where it will fit.\u00a0 And if it won’t fit, then see what you can shift to make it fit.\u00a0 The beautiful thing about Alchemy For Life is that we can cheat reality and find room for something that shouldn’t fit.\u00a0 How?\u00a0 Because we can overlap, work\/play smarter and do things that we wouldn’t have even thought of.\u00a0 Then your activity fits in your schedule.\u00a0 And remember that what you are made of is not just your schedule (time) but energy and resources.\u00a0 Think of that before you start your membership, join a league, start dating, take a new class, accept a new job with a different schedule\/energy requirement, agree to help someone on a regular basis or any other commitment.\u00a0 Let’s make sure it has a place first, then move forward. Otherwise there will indeed be suffering and you may very well feel obligated and forced to wipe something out.\u00a0 The thing you get rid of may very well need to be there and be an important part of you.\u00a0 I don’t want you to give up a job, a rejuvenating activity or an important relationship.<\/p>\n So take off the gauntlet and don’t snap your fingers.\u00a0 And my apologies for the metaphor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanos is a property of Marvel, and used in a demonstrative fair use fashion.\u00a0 All names and copyrights belong to their respective owners<\/p>\nYou may have snapped your fingers too<\/h2>\n
The sliding puzzle<\/h2>\n