In other words: The more you cling to certainty, the more identity rules your life.
Brett Kistlerx.comIn other words: The more you cling to certainty, the more identity rules your life.
But squeezing yourself into a small, easily explainable cage you know you’ll quickly outgrow just to avoid the pain of struggling to explain who you are to other people is, in my opinion, just avoidance of facing your full potential.
concentration
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
Matter
“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.”
— Erich Fromm , “Man for Himself”
The Wisdom Letter #123
“The stronger identity, the more it imprisons, the more it resists expansion, interpretation, renewal, contradiction."
— Kyle Chayka, Filterworld