Are we subconsciously playing non-stop Jenga?

We all know the game. Take turns at pulling bricks out of the tower and see how long it can stand, hoping that you are not the one that makes the tower collapse.

It is a game, a nice way to help the kids understand that you need a solid structure with sound foundations to keep the tower standing. And yet every day we are all playing the same game...but in real life. Perhaps because it is so easy to sit on the side and criticise the government, the increase in the price of petrol, the cost of living, the poor education system. The list of gripes is infinite and perhaps because we find it therapeutic to be voicing them, a way of lessening their import by verbalising what’s bothering us; and yet we know full well that no one is going to solve these issues just by us mentioning them.

And so without being blinkered to these events every day I have to deliberately try not mention them.

At the same time I try think of a positive thought. We do live in a beautiful country, I have a lovely family, this winter has not been that bad, I am employed. There many more inspirations out there for good thoughts.

Surely by acknowledging the negative but countering it with a positive, the net effect must be stabilising? And if we all work together on this the tower will stay up? And if the tower stays upright, which is what we are all after, then we are better poised to identify and work on the crumbling bricks in a safe environment.

Let’s not weaken weak structures as that’s not really the outcome we looking for.