Remixing with a @breehgreenberg idea:
Security is fundamentally about being able to hold and stay in the tension of uncertainty without compulsively resolving it or dispelling it.
Jessicatwitter.comRemixing with a @breehgreenberg idea: Security is fundamentally about being able to hold and stay in the tension of uncertainty without compulsively resolving it or dispelling it.
The reduced degree of caring and tension about outcomes that mindfulness meditation promotes may also help you approach uncertain situations in the spirit of curiosity and exploration, rather than being overwhelmed and consumed by negative possibilities. You can move forward by thinking of uncertainty as a companion by your side, rather than an ene... See more
Arie Kruglanski • How to embrace uncertainty | Psyche Guides
Security means having some assurance of future stability and the ability to plan ahead.
Astra Taylor • The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart (The CBC Massey Lectures)
to learn to stay with the anxiety of feeling overwhelmed, of not being on top of everything,
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
Certainty is not security, it’s a snapping shut and a cover-up—an attempt to escape from the insecurity of not knowing.
Astra Taylor • The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart (The CBC Massey Lectures)
Acknowledging uncertainty is the first step in measuring and narrowing it. Incorporating uncertainty in the way we think about what we believe creates open-mindedness, moving us closer to a more objective stance toward information that disagrees with us. We are less likely to succumb to motivated reasoning since it feels better to make small adjust
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