In a class today, we spent two hours discussing needs and wants trying to discover how much of our life is unnecessary. My client is in his early 50s and head realised, he doesn't need a pay rise, it no longer helps him much as he has all he really needs.
I also think that as we get older, what we value changes also. Maybe with age comes maturity and wisdom or perhaps we just very tired of the chase but, we generally simplify our lives, the older we get and desire less. It could also be that we are more attuned to knowing what we want.
It is interesting to track personalities over time and note how many started off with certain beliefs and expectations that have changed quite drastically. Whether it is experience that dictates a revaluation or that as we get older we lose some of our inhibitions and care less if we are judged, it is hard to say.
How many things did you once believe you would or would never do only to later end up breaking your own words? How did you justify the change, is it wrong to go back on what you once said?
Some people think that sticking to words is important and in some cases it may be but, when new information comes to light that wasn't considered initially, what then? Would you prefer someone to remain in line with their words even though they now hold greater insight?
The world is full of mystery and we can never know it all and each of us is limited in our capacity to learn and change. Even when we do or best, we can never close all gaps, never be perfect. What we can do however is do our best to investigate and grow when we learn more and of course be understanding of others going through their process of maturing also.
Right now we might think ourselves pretty smart, but so did the person we were a decade ago. Are we still that person?
Taraz
[ a Steem original ]
(posted from phone)