Rules That Entrap You III
The true voyage of discovery lies not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust.
We all see life not as it is but how we perceive it. How we see it is is fundamentally related to who we are. If a particular view or action is contrary to what we feel in our hearts, the resulting internal conflict can be wrenching.
When you go along with the crowed, for instance, when you don’t speak out when you know wyou should, or when you act in a manner that is contrary to what you feel is right, you separate yourself from your core beliefs and values, and, in so doing, you become “splintered” or detached from yourself and lose your sense of wholeness.
Blinded by the pain caused by this distress and by your lack of insight, wyou vainly search for answers, failing to understand another one of life’s rules:
You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it.
To truly begin the process of of understanding who you are and coming to terms with your true self starts with the willingness to change your interior narrative – to see your life and your circumstances with a fresh pair of eyes.
And so, in ernest, your journey begins…
(This is an excerpt from my book, Life Without a Parachute. If it resonates, I invite you to read some of the subsequent posts covering ways to escape the rules that may be entrapping you and lead to thinking outside of the box. More in the next instalment… I hope you to see you again.)