UNSTICK

UNSTICK

You know the story.

In the ‘93 movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a frustrated, self-pitying weatherman assigned to shadow the Punxsutawney, PA groundhog. Again. While there, he goes from the initial, if shocking, realization of his situation, to denial, to acceptance and finally, to affirmation. And that’s the movie!

Murray’s Sad Sack story actually sounds a lot like the prodigal son who also “came to his senses” (Luke 15) and whose new life began there in a pigsty the moment he rethought who--and whose--he really was.

What caused the striking and life-liberating transformation in both? It wasn’t a change in their situation. No. It was a change in their thinking about their situation!

Yes, we know this story--because it's our story. It’s ancient and archetypal yet exceedingly relevant today. It begs us to look at our own lives, especially where we feel stuck. Oddly, it’s in the Punxsutawney, PA’s and the pigsties of life where some of our own most authentic and lasting changes begin. Why? BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE WE FINALLY DECIDE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE THINKING.

Look what can happen when we do.

Fortunately, we don’t have to wait till we’re neck deep in a personal disaster. We can proactively think about how we think. And who knows? We may get similar surprising results! We may even discover places we’re stuck and didn’t realize it.

Or, to put it another way, unless you and I think somewhat differently today than we did yesterday, well, it’ll just be another groundhog day.

 

TODAY.

LET’S GIVE THE WORLD & OURSELVES A GIFT.

LET’S THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN UNSTICK OURSELVES.