Something to think on
I’ve often heard this line: “But we’ve always done it this way.” Yet the truth is that when change is called for, doing things the same way we’ve always done them will not produce change. It gets us into an even deeper rut when that way of doing things is no longer working. Like driving a car back and forth on a muddy road and just getting in deeper.
My daughter’s friend, Lara, had this quote on her Facebook page this morning.
It made me think.
There’s no author mentioned and when I searched on google, I learned this statement has been around for quite some time. Apparently, it’s not Thomas Jefferson to whom it’s sometimes attributed.
Yet another blogger proposes another discussion on the quote—and a different person to whom the quote is attributed.
Now I’m not suggesting that you suddenly decide you want to be an astronaut, because that would involve a lot of training you may not have. What would be the one thing you want to do differently?
Apart from the quote attribute query, what does the quote mean to you? It’s a good question for the New Year. Maybe even better than a resolution.
If You Want Something You’ve Never Had, You Must Do What You’ve Never Done