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Corn and grain, corn and grain,
Cycles give me comfort. A cycle is defined as: any complete round or series of events or phenomena that repeat again and again. There are virtuous cycles, such as when the stock market is going up and up, and there are vicious cycles, like being in a relationship full of blame and self-justification.
A systems perspective helps us understand cycles
.and the fact that most of them eventually end. A cycle often changes course or stops when it is disturbed, when something in the repetition is different. And so the cycle of appreciating house values has stopped with this huge change in the mortgage picture. And in difficult relationships, awareness and forgiveness can stop the cycle of resentment and retaliation.
Right now I am acutely aware of the cycle of seasons. Henry Ward Beecher said, Every green thing loves to die in bright colors. Although I know the cycle and should expect it, I am startled to wake up and find that summer is over and fall has come. I love the way indigenous cultures view fall. Fall is the time for accepting all that is and bowing deeply to it, then letting go what no longer serves, ending a cycle.
Sharon Eakes | 720 Maple Lane | Sewickley, PA 15143
FOCUS: Cycles
DISCIPLINES: Mental Models, Systems Thinking, Personal Mastery
All that falls shall rise again.
Harvest Chant
THOUGHTS
So when the economy is down, patience is helpful. If you gasp at the new short skirts that are becoming fashionable, know that eventually all fashions die
.and then resurface. When my children were growing up and going through various delightful and difficult stages, I was sometimes sad and sometimes glad, knowing no stage would last.
There are retail sales cycles learn them and you know to buy white goods in January. Grocery stores have a 12 week cycle of sales, going through a number of categories and then repeating.
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