Stirred but not Saken

In some movie or TV show I watched one of the characters always had a martini that was ordered stirred but not shaken. I don't know if that would change anything in the martini. I can not think of anything I would want less to drink than a martini. In a life comparison, I think that is the job of leadership. We often say that someone has been brought in to shake things up. Sometimes the results are positive for the moment but fear in the long run is a poor motivator. Usually fear leads to self protection, panic to irrational responses. To stir things up is more the leadership that helps to create changes. Being a catalyst of change means to help people see new possibilities without making them feel threatened. People want to feel as if they have a part in what will happen, but you can stir their minds to look at things in new ways and help them to choose new directions.

The message of the week for me was about maturity. An anchored life can not be shaken. It rest on the deep assurance that things can always be worked out for the good. Events may stir up life and cause turbulence but the foundation is still unshakable. What needs to be stirred up? Complacency is never the answer for a growing life. What must remain as a firm anchor? Not all change is good, stirring things up the wrong way can change essential things and loosen the anchor. Stirred but not shaken, a different application of the martini principle.