“Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.”  You’ve heard that before haven’t you?  That famous line was spoken at the end of every episode of G.I. Joe (which if you’re part of my generation, you grew up watching these religiously).  At the end of every show, they’d present some type of public service announcement and end each one with that phrase.  So now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

I couldn’t agree more.  I need to know how I got into my pit in order to figure out how to get out.  They say that history repeats itself.  Well, in the case of falling into a pit, I agree 100%.  It doesn’t need to repeat itself – but unless we take the time to figure out what caused it, the likelihood of repeating it increases significantly.

So with that said, the 2nd talk at the retreat was titled HOW DID I GET IN HERE?  We identified 3 ways that we end up in pits.  Either we jump in, or we slip in, or we’re thrown in.  Let’s break them down one at a time.