"When life gets scary and difficult, we tend to look for solutions in places where it is easy or at least familiar to do so, and not in the dark, uncomfortable places where real solutions might lie."
I saw this quote from Robert Maurer’s book, “One Small Step Can Change Your Life” and immediately feel in love with the idea.
Interesting idea about balancing the comfort of familiarity and the risk of exploring the unfamiliar. I’m simply not sure how to go about it. How do you step outside yourself to observe that you are in the grips of the familiar?
"When life gets scary and difficult, we tend to look for solutions in places where it is easy or at least familiar to do so, and not in the dark, uncomfortable places where real solutions might lie."
I saw this quote from Robert Maurer’s book, “One Small Step Can Change Your Life” and immediately feel in love with the idea.
We all fall victim to the “Looking-for-my-lost-keys-under-the-lamppost” trick.
I couldn’t have said this better myself. It’s only unfamiliarity that makes a place “dark” or “uncomfortable.”
And once a place becomes familiar. familiarity can’t be undone.
Interesting idea about balancing the comfort of familiarity and the risk of exploring the unfamiliar. I’m simply not sure how to go about it. How do you step outside yourself to observe that you are in the grips of the familiar?