Solving and managing

Some problems are solved, others are managed.

The difference is that solved problems don’t need to be revisited; we can move forward without concern.

Managed problems, however, don’t disappear. They need attention, monitoring, tending.

For the most part, we don’t fully solve things like anger. Things like fear. Or insecurity. Or overwhelm.

Instead, we find ways to work-around, to minimize, to cope, to redirect, to re-story.

As eager problem-solvers, we need to remember that many times, we’re also problem managers.

Not the problem’s vanquisher, but its steward.