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It is warm.
It’s safe.
Comfortable.
You get the rules. You know the game, and you can play it. Everyone knows their place, and everything is in its place.
Until it’s not.
That’s the thing about regularity. It camouflages the uncertainty that underlies everything we rely upon.
We build our life on sand. Big sand castles, with moats, walls, towers.
What we understand and how we make sense of our experience is built upon this regularity. Our activities at work and life with friends, family and the supporting infrastructure built into and around our lives define the patterns of experiences.
“Standing still is never a good option. Not in the ring, and not in life… When you stop moving, you’re done.” — Georges St-Pierre
For many, regularity, agreed rules, customs, and values defined the cultures we lived in and was…
