Do you ever find yourself doing something that you know is wrong? Are you one of those people who when the waitress says “careful, the plate it is hot” you touch it anyway. Or when someone says, “you can’t do that!” Do you do it anyway? I have noticed that sometimes human nature makes us do things we are told not to do. I do not know about you, but I hate being told I cannot do something. It makes me want to do it that much more, even if I know that it might be wrong. Now do not get me wrong, I think our minds normally kick in to protect us from doing something completely stupid, but sometimes our minds fail us…and we do something we should not (hopefully without disastrous results).
On the flip side, I have also noticed that sometimes our mind keeps us from taking action. Like we know if we continue down the path we are going at status quo we will have end up with a negative outcome. However, for whatever reason we do not course correct or take any action at all. I have been a few situations this summer where I know something I was doing was going to cause a negative outcome. Yet, for some reason I was unable or unwilling to take actions. I allowed things to fall apart around me, but did not stop it when I knew exactly what was going on. A good example of this is friends. Think of how many times we have neglected our friends, when we know that neglecting them will only cause the friendship to deteriorate. Yet, we do nothing, and watch as we drift apart from our friends. We know what is going on, because we are watching it, but we do not take any action.
What has impressed me the most is that I have started to reflect on what I did or did not do (in some cases) this past summer and I have started take actions to fix it. It is never too late to repair something, you just have to acknowledge what is going on, take a step back, and reflect on it. Then you can re-approach the situation with a fresh pair of eyes and hopefully resolve it. And sleep sometimes is essential to having a clear head. On that note, I probably should get to sleep as it is almost midnight.
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