Why?
Because the possible consequences elicit an untrue belief about ourselves: generally speaking, we feel inferior, and we feel compelled to disprove this feeling. Note, this feeling is deep seated and we’re unaware of its existence consciously.
If the possible consequences are deemed unfavorable, thus we’ll not achieve disproving our feeling inferior, and thus due to the possible failure, we steer away from changing our lives.
We’ll only attempt things where the possible consequences are favorable. Irrespective of whether we’re doing things we’d rather not do, or steering clear of things we’d rather do.
Liken this to a ship. Albeit safest in the harbor, not what the ship was intended for.
Thus based on the above, briefly:
- We don’t do things we’d want to do.
- We do things we’d rather not do.
- The reason is we fear the possible consequences.
- We daren’t do things and fail.
- Thus we’re influenced by the possible consequences being favorable or not.
- Thus we’re not free.
- Thus we do not live with freedom of choice.
We might want to do something. Anything, something important! And it might even be unimportant, fleeting, or we consider the possible consequences overall and we do not do it.
Keeping in mind, it works the other way too. We’d rather not do the something. Again we consider the possible consequences. They aren’t favorable, and we do what we don’t actually want to do.
Does this sound familiar?
Is this how you give up on yourself?
Are you living optimally?
Do you live with peacefulness in your life?
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