Catch Up. . .
Over the last few centuries, particularly the last 200 years or so, our environment has evolved much faster than our brains ever could have. As a result, we’re now stuck with an outdated version of human perception. Our challenges haven’t disappeared, but their nature has changed faster than ours.
The logical response, then, is to tone down our negativity bias. If fewer events threaten our survival, there’s less reason to view them as potentially such.
For example, a lot of people might think their being perpetually broke is a big problem. But when more than half of all Americans are, that’s actually just the norm. Clearly, you can live with little savings for years and, in most cases, nothing drastic will happen. This isn’t to advertise being broke or to say you have to like it but to show you: it’s not really something worth stressing about. Especially not all the time and especially not if you’re working on it to change.
The habit we need to embrace for this new, calmer version of reality, this less slanted version of the truth, is controlling our perceptions. This is an ability most people don’t even know we have. But we do. We can hit the pause button before negativity bias takes hold. We can ask: “What do I want to believe?”
I know that when I am present to my highs and lows and align my mindfulness component with my other components that I feel empowered and the external world has less of a say in how I experience life. I don’t know what circumstances may come my way but I do know that the more I know myself and trust in my knowing and clarity in how I want to show up the less I will be rocked.
We don’t have to play catch up all the time – we simply need some clarity. Clarity is getting clear on how we want to experience whatever happens.
That’s where our power is.
The other cool thing about clarity instead of certainty is that: Focusing on what you do know and where you are clear is an avenue to gaining more clarity in other areas.
Peace and Love, Jim
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