It’s gotten to be a cliché. The pace of change is increasing and is unlikely to slow down anytime soon. You’ve heard it a thousand times, in a thousand different ways. At times it feels as if we keep repeating it for the same reasons that accident survivors keep repeating, “I just can’t believe it.” when they are in a state of shock. By repeating it, over and over again, we hope that it sinks in and starts to become normal. If that is the case, we have to say it again and again and again.
I do believe we are in a bit of denial – and that is a dangerous place to be. Denial takes several forms: pretending things are as they have been, paralysis, fear or underestimating the size, pace and impact of the changes around us. These denial strategies may provide a false sense of comfort in the short term, but are devastating in the long term.
One way to move out of denial is to be confronted with facts that give shape and form to that which you are denying. The video, Shift Happens, might do that for you!
