Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
“An ability to tolerate the anxiety generated by ambiguity is what allows us to respect, engage, and grow from our repeated, daily encounters with the essential mysteries of life. But the payoff goes even further. Certainty begets stagnation, but ambiguity pulls us deeper into life. Unchallenged conviction begets rigidity, which begets regression;
... See moreA person who doesn’t make mistakes usually doesn’t make anything.
(attributed to Mr. Phelps)
It’s easy to define ourselves by the empty spaces, the ways in which we lack. And yet those are not always gaps within us waiting to be filled, rather, the simple contrast between all we are and all we were never meant to be.
Brianna Wiest • When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal
Of course, part of the problem is that we usually only know we were falling in love after it’s happened. Retrospect wears the right amount of cologne and pours you a third glass of wine you sip by candlelight because Retrospect is seductive like that.
It could take days or weeks or months before Retrospect waves you over before punching you in the
... See more“I’m a conduit for the possible interpretations,” Jenik said. “But in the end, you’re co-creating with me a narrative understanding of what this means in your life.”
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“a conduit for the possible interpretations” and “co-creating a narrative understanding of what this means in your life”
Tolerance for Uncertainty:
Most people are so afraid of uncertainty that they leap at the chance to avoid it.
Right on the verge of the breakthrough, they take the comfortable path. They settle. They relent. They accept.
Here’s a question I wish I had started asking earlier:
Where am I accepting good because I’m afraid to tolerate the uncertainty
