![]() ![]() The establishment has much vested in the status quo and maintaining the Blue Pill reality. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”Ī concern that change agents have is that in playing along with the establishment you get played by the establishment. George Bernard Shaw offered this perspective, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Change agents are impatient and unwilling to settle for marginal progress. We often want change to happen sooner, and there is indeed a lot of change that is desperately needed in the world. Rather than try to overturn the current reality, you work to nudge it in a positive direction. Here the choice is the middle path between red and blue. ![]() More recently I’ve started to wonder about an alternative – that of a Purple Pill. In the past, I have tended to opt for the Red Pill and the path of disruptive change. Taking the Red Pill opens your eyes to what is really going on and puts you on the path to revolution and rebelling against the state of things. Taking the Blue Pill keeps you “asleep” and trapped in the existing reality. Without delving into the complex plot, the Matrix movies center around the idea of choice. This issue surfaced for me in the latest Matrix movie which I watched over the holidays. Intention and action are the engine and wheels of personal change. Like many other people, I’m taking stock and considering choices. ![]()
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