Human Doing vs Being
Be A Human Being – Not A Human Doing
Have you ever admired a successful person? What was it that you admired? Was it their fame? Their lifestyle? Their accomplishments?
Society teaches us that to be successful, we must achieve-we, must “do” something to earn it. We are taught to work hard to be “successful”. And to show our success we buy things – material “things” that prove our success “status”. When we focus on earning success we become “Human Doings”.
Human Doings overload themselves with long lists of goals, objectives and “to do” lists. They become emotionally drained as they spread themselves too thin. Worse yet, they are unavailable to respond to the emotional needs of those around them because they have so little left to give. Just as a hand becomes calloused to toughen sensitive skin, so does a human doing become insensitive to “feeling” the emotions of those around him.
“Human Beings” consciously chooses to slow down, prioritize and maintain balance. They understand the risk of getting too over responsible to their success at the cost of becoming insensitive, distant and emotionally unavailable. They make a decision to stay in touch with those they love by setting up boundaries that prevent them from becoming a slave to their goals.
Thanks to Kevin for this link. I love the quote here and think it makes a lot of sense in our lives. In this society, there is a lot of pressure on defining people by what they achieve, and not really what they are.
I also recently had a talk with a good friend and mentor. He talked about how he never even thought about leaving the city and his family behind for a job. For him, just being with the family is a priority. I definitely can learn a lot from him being a family man. The talk was triggered by our conversation about my goals that take me half way across the globe in their pursuit.
He is a human being while I … could be considered a human do’er.
It’s a philosophical debate that can go both ways, but I like how they define Being vs Doing in this article.
Review: Sony ECM-HGZ1
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