It may sound like a deceptively simple thing. Thanks to gravity we need something below us to support us, to brace us up off of the ground. Whatever that entity may be, legs numbering anywhere from one to seven hundred and fifty or wheels or hovering technologies, its first job is to prop us up into some position other than lying flat on the floor. Its second job is to facilitate our movement from one location to the next.
The directions and qualities of that movement can vary to immense degrees, both due to the nature of our support apparatus as well as to the goals and intentions of our attempted movement, but the underlying principle is the same. The supporting structure interacts with the ground below us to both support us and facilitate movement from a base which is itself powerfully influenced by how we arrived at it, where we came from and how we got from there to here.
It isn’t hard to see the parallels in other aspects of our lives. Our beliefs, perceptions, values, and ideologies support our perspective on the world offering a rooted base from which to observe and ultimately navigate our lives. Our education, training, preparations, and experience provide us with a foundation for our current professional position as well as playing an…