A friend enlightened me a few days ago with his take on icebergs. It's easy and often ineffective to focus on removing icebergs. It is rather difficult to remove an iceberg because of how massive it is.
More effective? Become the shipping company which never gets close to icebergs, practicing patience and safety instead of vanity and pride (Think Titanic).
Sure, focusing on problems seems productive and combating our weaknesses is noble.
And yet massive 'icebergs' often melt away as we focus on holistic living. It's paradoxical. The one main problem vanishes when we choose to focus on improving everything else.
An angry spouse could get counseling to remove his iceberg of anger. Or maybe he simply needs to work on a more large scale, meta change.
People battling pornography, drug abuse, overeating or debt often find victory by averting their gaze to others-seeking to become better all-around social creatures. This juxtaposes sharply with self-loathing obsession on one main weakness.
When you find yourself working on your one main weakness, consider working on the entire system instead of one component.
Forget the iceberg. Forget your huge problem.
Establish a better shipping company. Establish a better you.
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