Architect Learnings

So there is this urban legend that is on most college campuses about an architect who builds a phenomenal library that is state of the art in every way, shape or form but there was one problem, the architect failed to take into account the weight of the books. The legend goes on to say how the library is condemned because the state deems it unsafe do the fact that each year the library is sinking due to the weight. I don’t know if there is any truth to this urban legend or not but what I do know is that there is a principle that we can learn from it.

Obviously the weight of the books did not cause the library to sink over night, it was a long, slow process that caused it to happen, just as in our lives there are blind spots and areas that are slowly causing us to sink and we don’t even see them before its too late and we are condemned. Sometimes that could be a present situation but many times it is our past that keeps us from moving forward and being used to our full potential.

You can have all the greatest ambitions in the world, you can have a sound plan, you can do all the research that you want to but if you don’t take into account the blind spots or the dark areas of your life they will sink you.

Do you really want to live your life only to find out that you didn’t take into account the weight of the books?