Does anyone remember the “What Will Jesus Do (WWJD)” trend of the 90s? Its origin was from the American Congregationalist minister and a leader of the Social Gospel movement, Charles Sheldon's 1896 book In His Steps was subtitled "What Would Jesus Do?” and later in the 1990s by Janie Tinklenberg, a youth group leader, who began a grassroots movement to help the teenagers in her group remember the phrase; it spread worldwide among Christian youth, who wore rubber bracelets bearing the initials WWJD.
when we are too close to a problem we get tunnel vision and clouded with bias that prevents us from seeing things objectively. Right Now I Am Just Sitting Here Thinking To Myself.; What Would Jesus Do?
Good one Ije...typically when I'm stuck, I pick up the phone n call someone I know that is winning in that aspect of problem I'm having and get their perspective on the issue at hand rather than trying to arbitrary wonder what they will do.
You are absolutely correct assuming we know and have access to such people depending on the gravity or uniqueness of the situation.
In cases when we don’t, we use their life lessons and philosophies as proxies.
That is why people are drawn to biographies and historical figures to learn how they were able to deal with the challenges they dealt with.
The person I referenced that has imaginary conversations with the likes of Solomon, David and Jesus for instance was trying to imagine how if they were alive would solve the problem.
But yes, I probably should have added that reaching out to people with similar challenges is a way to use the “hero” tool.
when we are too close to a problem we get tunnel vision and clouded with bias that prevents us from seeing things objectively. Right Now I Am Just Sitting Here Thinking To Myself.; What Would Jesus Do?
Good one Ije...typically when I'm stuck, I pick up the phone n call someone I know that is winning in that aspect of problem I'm having and get their perspective on the issue at hand rather than trying to arbitrary wonder what they will do.
Reading this made me smile
You are absolutely correct assuming we know and have access to such people depending on the gravity or uniqueness of the situation.
In cases when we don’t, we use their life lessons and philosophies as proxies.
That is why people are drawn to biographies and historical figures to learn how they were able to deal with the challenges they dealt with.
The person I referenced that has imaginary conversations with the likes of Solomon, David and Jesus for instance was trying to imagine how if they were alive would solve the problem.
But yes, I probably should have added that reaching out to people with similar challenges is a way to use the “hero” tool.