Complacency

Complacency is a sure killer. When a person is complacent, telling him that he is complacent does not help at all. You see, one sign of complacency is the inability to listen to anything contrary to what he is thinking. Like a downward spiral, it will only get deeper and deeper. When the complacency is finally broken, it is usually too late to correct course. Only salvage operations will be useful when that happens.

I found a website for the school band I used to belong to in high school. Those four years were such joyful time that when it ended, I refused to accept the reality; and I hid away from it for half a year. When I saw the website, the memory just washed over me, creating the familiar bittersweet feeling that has been following me for 30 years now.

I thought back on the dreams I had at that time, and I realized I achieved more than in my wildest dream. That shows how bad a dreamer I was; but it also gives me a warning that I am on the edge of complacency now. Rather than enjoying every second of what I have, what I have achieved, what I will be able to achieve, I am not exactly happy about my current circumstances. It is time to change that attitude.