Passing the buck

This is a very common  habit of people to pass our job or  responsibility  to another person. This is the best way for us since we do not have to do the job.  Another way of describing this bad habit is “passing the buck”.  Why passing the buck ?  The meaning of the word “buck” means money.  I do not mind be given the buck but unfortunately, it is a short form for bucket.

In ancient times when there is a fire, people will queue up to pass the bucket  to fetch the water .  The easiest job is to pass the bucket while other people will have to fill up the bucket and carry the water to put out the fire. Everybody wants to do the easiest job and this is the real meaning of passing the buck.

In order to stop this bad habit, we have to tell them the “ buck will have to stop here” and we have to do the job instead of passing it on to other people.  If we allow this bad habit to carry on, more and more people will be passengers rather than doers and if this happen, the whole system will collapse.

Why do people pass the buck? Sometimes, it is because of the responsibilities that goes with it  or  we have to learn to handle the job or when we are too occupied with other task.  Learning is a very difficult task for many or doing other jobs out of our normal routine is actually considering going out of our comfort zone.  We are basically lazy and complacent people by nature.

                        We have to learn how to go out of the box  and to see what can we do more.  My Yoga teacher told us that when we are in a difficult and painful pose, we should take the chance to explore  and try to push ourselves harder  in all angles even if the pain intensifies.  By being aware of this attempt, we will find new grounds.  We should clear off our fear and move towards a  new horizon.

                       So, keep pushing ourselves and our angle will be wider and our vision will be clearer.

                       Namaste.