WHAT CAUSES MAN TO FALL

COMPLACENCY

I get surprised when I see people living as if life is about to end. Many people think they have arrived when they attain unimaginable heights in life. They end up relaxing and having the mindset of enjoying the fruit of their labour. My dear, it is very good to enjoy the fruits of your labour but that is not the end of the road. The road on earth ends when you die and even after that, there is life after death. It does not end here. There is still a long way to go.

Complacency has killed many dreams than genocide. It has crippled many ideas and is still the cancer in the heart of potentials. Complacency is a disease. Never think you have arrived or where you have gotten to is enough. It is good that you have achieved your target, but it is better if you set another. The sea is the biggest water body, yet it still accepts raindrops.

A certain rich man attained maximum increase in his harvests and investments. He was astonished that very year because all angles of his business had sky-rocketing success. This man felt complacent and he ended up losing it all.

“And he spake a parable unto them saying, ‘The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, what shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said this will I do: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink and make merry’” (Luke 12:16-19).

This rich man was a great investor who owned numerous businesses. He got extensive increase from all his ventures and he became the world´s richest business tycoon of that generation. He extended his store rooms till the rooms were not enough to contain his harvest. This rich man became complacent, he told himself he had arrived and it was time to just enjoy what he had accrued over the years. The spirit of complacency was at work and that led to his drastic downfall.

“But God said unto him, thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided” (Luke 12:20).

Complacency makes one fall without realising it. It is a deteriorating tool that catches you unawares when falling. I am surprised at people when they say the sky is only the limit. I think they forget to realise that beyond the sky, there is still something. The sky should never be the limit. There is more to achieve; there is more to do and there is always more to ask for like Oliver Twist.

Complacency prevents you from taking risks. The complacent is always comfortable with the level he has attained. He is not eager to test the waters of new ventures. The moment he attains a certain height, nothing triggers him to move forward. In the name of preserving traditions, they are not willing to take risks or change the plan whenever necessary. That it is always done a certain way does not mean you can’t do it better. You will always lose if you are complacent. The complacent hates competition. His motto is, “Forever we will maintain the standards.” My dear, software are always updated; technology is always advancing and that is the reality. We now live in a competitive world where settling on average is an adage of the past.

“You will never be entirely comfortable, this is the truth behind the champion – he is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle.” – Julien Smith

“The quickest way to run out of time is to think you have enough of it.” – Stewart Stafford

“Do not be complacent about your achievements and not strive for continual improvement when you get to the top. As soon as you let success go to your head, you sink into following familiar patterns and play it safe. In other words, you risk losing your edge.” – Roy T Bennett

According to Wiener in the article, Complacency in Aviation, “Complacency is caused by the very things that should prevent accidents; factors like experience, training and knowledge contribute to complacency.” People become complacent when they feel they are experienced in their fields of endeavour.

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