At times the world of work & responsibility can seem a very challenging & lonely place for us all. And, for a long time it was for me too.
As a very young apprentice Scenic Painter I found myself, many times, caught up in work-related situations that would more often than not often overwhelm me. For, the challenges of dealing with seasoned & much more experienced people than I would intimidate & frighten me. When this happened I would often find myself hiding away behind bravado & bluff. It was easier for me to hide away my frustrations & pain inside & pretend I was happy. But, then later wondering why those same people would see me as a liability. Big problems for a young person that were crippling & in dire need of an answer to which I could not find one back then.
Some time ago I was discussing personal growth with a colleague & whilst sharing ideas I found myself reflecting on the old Buddhist adage that; `What one puts outs out, then so one will receive`. Inspired, I began to understand that everything that I had once perceived to be negative was simply created by my own fear & lack of self-awareness. Not only at work, but within my life as a whole. Suddenly, everything began falling into place & I felt that I could see where I had, not so much, gone wrong, but have grown.
Today, through my own growth & maturity as an individual I have come to realize the importance of establishing solid coping mechanisms that really work & therefore ensure healthy boundaries that can only establish good future relations with others.
As a young guy starting out at work I felt bullied & harassed, but this was not so. I simply did not understand that which comes later when one finds the courage to widening ones outlook on life. Respect can only ever come from being honest with oneself. This behaviour, naturally, ascends one onto the opening up of those same paths which enable good working relations to be built with others.
For me, this has seen the biggest growth in building the confidence to cope effectively with newer challenges that will present themselves wherever you are.
If you can, try not to see those others as bullies, even when, in your eyes, they are, for I have come to understand these people are simply those that have entered our lives to show how to succeed in our art...whatever that may be.
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