How many beliefs are truly your own?

The other day, I was talking to a friend in Warsaw, strolling past the Chopin statue, nose biting from the December cold.

I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with something he said about saving up for the future.

But when I got home that afternoon, I realised I was agreeing to something I hadn’t given much thought.

How did I know to agree?

I didn’t.

On deeper reflection, I saw a different view. Another way of seeing things that made far more sense to me.

What if it wasn’t all about saving?

What if life was about creating memories, many of which require spending?

Both are true.

In fact, most things that we believe are true contain an opposing view that is equally true.

This is why we must be careful about what we hold on to as absolute truths.

I now make sure to question my thoughts often.

Where did your beliefs about money, success, relationships, happiness and risk come from?

Is there room to welcome some opposing views?

Human beings are guided more by societal beliefs than they know.

Those beliefs are not their own.

Ideas are instilled in us from birth, and by the time we’re adults, we falsely believe we are totally autonomous in our choices.

In fact, we’re running on external programming that makes us do things we don’t resonate with at our core.

This is problematic because it makes us vulnerable.

We follow the herd blindly, without questioning.

As a result, we miss things others see because we think we have it figured out.

We often act against our values this way and wonder why we’re miserable.

For example, you might think you believe that working a 9-5 is security when it’s suffocating your ability to express yourself.

Those who separate themselves from the pack continually question assumptions.

When you do this, you begin to live more authentically.

You live as you know is true, not like how you think you should.

Going against this is the source of much frustration and unhappiness.

Know when to recognise a lie and when you’re touching truth.

You do this by separating who you are from your thoughts.

Thoughts never reflect the truth.

Your instinct always does.

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Alex