The desire for uniform and the battle to break it

As much as we may not want to admit it, our aesthetic mind likes uniformity and balance, it likes order instead of chaos and we see it and seek for it when we do not find it. Our mind looks for patterns, it looks for familiar and what we already know. And, when it finds a familiar pattern, it feels at ease, it calms down and finds peace. It is a false security though for that peace is not due to a lack of risk, it is habit working blindly.

It is difficult to break these kinds of habits as they are hard to recognise and for the most part, aren't causing immediate dangers however that does not mean they do no ill. The problem with forming habits and becoming environmentally insensitive is that as the environment changes, the habit may not and what was innocuous now becomes harmful and oppresses our potentials from discovering and most importantly, adapting to the changes in the system.

These habits do more than just guide us on automatic pilot though as there is a very high cost to complacency and missed opportunity. The if I had only phrases start to creep in and hindsight is 20/20 as they say but, what vision are we viewing the world in, is it good enough to drive?

This is what just about everyone needs to become aware of now. The now. It sounds like new age mysticism but even if we cut out the feel good, live in the present concepts, there is still a very high practical value. If we aren't paying attention to what is happening at this moment, what is the chance of us making our next move well for the next? How can we predict the future if we aren't even paying attention to the present?

This is definitely something that I need to work on as I generally focus heavily on the patterns of interest and even though my interests are wide, they tend to skip over certain aspects and neglect them. This isn't because they are of lesser importance though, it is just that they do not attract me or draw me in, they are not compelling enough to hold me. This is a weakness.

So many people say that we should do what we enjoy and I agree with them but, there is very important caveat, enjoyment comes secondary to necessary. There are things in this life that must be done before the fun can be had and to reverse the order to often is to reduce the chances for future well-being and therefore, enjoyment.

Our mind looks for familiar and overweighs that which is also attractive. It draws us in and even though we may know we have other things to do, they get put onto a back-burner and minimised in the mind.These are the things where we can grow the most and are often the things that are the foundations of where we want to be.

Why do we put off what will get us to where want in favour of something that we know does not lead there? Comfort, ease, habit. There are always things to do that are necessary but difficult, healthy but taste bad. The patterns we live are hard to break but, the cost of letting them run can mean to never catch up.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]