Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This quote is attributed to A. Einstein. Einstein was a scientist and understood the importance of doing the same thing over and over, and not expecting different results. If he repeated something, an experiment, or test, he expected and hoped he would get the same thing. It further demonstrated what he was proving was correct. However, us none scientific folk, in the everyday world, we do not comprehend this. We continue to engage in behaviors, relationships, or conversations over and over again, hoping some magical fairy will spray pixie dust upon it, and they it will change; not so much. However, we wonder why things do not change for us, but we never look within or at the person in the mirror to begin the process to correct the problem. Some of us are momentarily speechless when asked to respond to this scenario where the issue at hand is our behavior that represents insanity. It strikes us as bizarre; we would be bothered with such nonsensical stuff. Yet, nothing changed because we do not see; we are doing the same over and over again, and expecting different results.
It is as if we believe because it is ‘me’ it should be different. But if we really looked at it with an honest ‘eye’ the deficiency would eventually comes to light when the knowledge is needed. The problem is not we are insane; it is we believe no one else sees our deficiency because I can spin a yarn, I can provide explanation for ‘my behavior’, I am a good orator, my position is such that I am not to be challenged, or I know, I hide it well. Thus, insanity will not be removed from our world regardless of what it is, career, relationships, conversation, spiritually, or whatever it is, until we are honest, authentic, or truthful with our self, about our self without the delusion of grandeur, or not being awe about the truth confront with about self. Irony is this, in the good book, it states - Rom. 5:8 - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV). If Christ can love us, in our filth and while we are unfit, then why can’t we be earnest so the insanity will come to an end; it what we all desire. See the path to our destiny is not a clear path that makes sense to us, but one that directs us to where God fashioned us to rest…Our choice, choose well…It’s important
