It makes me wonder how much of this is just an unconscious attempt to mold reality to fit our desires.
Like the woman who longs for her husband to see and reflect the image she holds of herself in her mind—only to be disappointed because, deep down, she doesn’t fully see herself either.
It makes me wonder how much of this is just an unconscious attempt to mold reality to fit our desires.
Like the woman who longs for her husband to see and reflect the image she holds of herself in her mind—only to be disappointed because, deep down, she doesn’t fully see herself either.
Or the basketball coach chasing perfection, so consumed by the game that they lose their soul along the way.
Thanks for reading Emma, I think there’s definitely an aspect where we want reality to fit our desires. I think another aspect is that a lot of people refuse to acknowledge that there are some things that we will never truly understand, and it’s beyond our control. I think that aspect is very scary to a lot of people, so they try to boil things down into a simple and quantifiable process, without realizing what they give up along the way.
This is a great think piece.
It makes me wonder how much of this is just an unconscious attempt to mold reality to fit our desires.
Like the woman who longs for her husband to see and reflect the image she holds of herself in her mind—only to be disappointed because, deep down, she doesn’t fully see herself either.
Or the basketball coach chasing perfection, so consumed by the game that they lose their soul along the way.
Thanks for reading Emma, I think there’s definitely an aspect where we want reality to fit our desires. I think another aspect is that a lot of people refuse to acknowledge that there are some things that we will never truly understand, and it’s beyond our control. I think that aspect is very scary to a lot of people, so they try to boil things down into a simple and quantifiable process, without realizing what they give up along the way.
And yet, overcoming the fear of uncertainty is the very thing that sets you free.