Most of the time, we don’t know what we are doing.
[In life], we mostly do tasks, simple inputs and outputs, based on little understanding of the overall system in which we live.
Reflections
Growing up, I was told what to think and do. Most of the time I didn’t question it, I just accepted the information I was served as truth and did as I was told. It wasn’t until I faced adversity that I began to question my ways of thinking and doing; that I began to notice the negative impact of my thoughts and actions on myself and the world around me.
This questioning opened my eyes to things I was once unaware. As my awareness grew, my understanding of the world deepened. I began to see the interconnectedness of it all and the importance of living in harmony, which lead me to become more intentional in my actions. I started living more consciously and, in so doing, my life became much richer.
In the words of Scott Jurek from his memoir Eat & Run, I had stepped into the process of “making myself a more complete, mindful human being, more aware of the world around me, of myself, and even of the world I couldn’t see.”
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