Proper judgement of one’s expressions construct the basis for how we perceive, receive, and understand events that occur around and in subject to us. Ensuring that our perceptions are true, or as close to the truth as one can find them, is integral to constructing healthy beliefs; and more importantly, beliefs that serve you. It is with this in mind that it follows to have moments, and even days where one can recede within themselves in silent contemplation, seeing the day-in-day-out without the distraction that ensues from the constant need to speak. To listen and analyze, to test your perceptions, pre-conceived notions, and beliefs against that of the stark reality presented before you. These come in the form of questions:
“What am I doing that I know I shouldn’t be doing?”
“What am I actively avoiding on doing that I know I should be?”
And then the ever continual question of “Why” until we reach the root cause, answer, and understanding.
“Nothing is foolhardier than solving something only once.”
Constantly call your beliefs into question, test and verify them often. It is through this that we may find a new light to the same old view. Reminding that we are not our thoughts, we are not our beliefs, our identity is a persona. A persona that we pickup in the morning, and drop off as we go to sleep. No matter to how publicly you have stated your beliefs, in the event of the same appearing, had you changed them, do so with confidence, and communicate it if necessary. If we are not growing, we are dying. Complacency is far closer to apathy than we truly care to realize. Remain vigilant in your understanding of this world, question everything, yourself most importantly.
It is said that no one has it all figured out. This is merely for that every one is figuring it out, over and over again. Creating new solutions to the same or upgraded problems in various contexts. This is a part of growth. So the next time one finds themselves defaulting to a single re-action, to a simple belief, or to a “This is how I’ve always done it”, it is the prayer of all life, that they then begin to ask and contemplate on “Why?”.
