More on Being Late

So here’s the deal. Being late is apparently a big problem these days.

Many people have advised me how to overcome my lateness.

I’m not sure it’s working, because I am late right now to a dinner, and I am continuing to write as if I weren’t.

So that’s lesson number one:

• Being Late makes you feel important (someone is expecting you to be somewhere, and they are holding you in their consciousness as they consider your appearance, or lack there of.)

• Being Late predicts that you are not important.  No one will care or comment if you don’t show up on time. In fact, for a short time while you are in the act of being late, it is as if you have ceased to exist. You are not where you said you would be, you are not where you intend to be, and you are not fully engaged in where you are, because you are caught up in the fact that you are late.

Steps to Overcoming Being Late

• Admit that you pretend Being Late Doesn’t Matter
• Consider what truth that hides: I Don’t Care Where I AM
• What is the impact: I am Frustrated with Myself
• What is the impact on others: They are Inconvenienced and Disconnected from You.
• Describe the victory over the past: I Don’t Have to Be Cynical
• State a New Truth:I can be honest and care enough to not be late.

I guess that means I should go.

See you later