Bringing Your Soul to Work

6Shadow Sightings and Everyday Practice

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The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.¹

—R. D. LAING

There is much in everyday life, if we pause to notice, that points toward the shadow. While we’ve focused primarily on the hidden aspects of shadow, some are quite open and available for our viewing. Take, for example, the way we drive our cars on crowded, busy streets. Rattling off a slew of obscenities in a moment of frustration from behind the wheel is not ...