Blog post 'Don't plot a fixed and choiceless trajectory of your future.'
Don't plot a fixed and choiceless trajectory of your future.
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The past is there to inform. We might use the information to form strategies to direct our future, but the past should not be used to plot a fixed trajectory moving forward.
It's about preservation of choice.
Every present moment is a fulcrum on which to exercise your freedom choice. The future should always be "NEW", promising, and exciting. It should not have to be so easily predictable.
Now go an apply this theory to broader issues of character such as romance, spontaneity, forgiveness, warm-heartedness, influence on others and see what a difference it makes.
About emotions and the future:
Emotions are there for providing feedback on how things affect you, they are not there to direct your life or project the future.
Exercising your power of choice when responding to situations often means acting counter-intuitively because you subscribe to a higher (more principled) ideal. Invariably, this ultimately benefits YOU anyway. It's how you grow. You don't mature by simply getting older. When you let emotions run amok, you give up your right to choose a better response and you forfeit the opportunity to make your life (and the life of others) better and to grow (mature).
It's about preservation of choice.
Every present moment is a fulcrum on which to exercise your freedom choice. The future should always be "NEW", promising, and exciting. It should not have to be so easily predictable.
Now go an apply this theory to broader issues of character such as romance, spontaneity, forgiveness, warm-heartedness, influence on others and see what a difference it makes.
About emotions and the future:
Emotions are there for providing feedback on how things affect you, they are not there to direct your life or project the future.
Exercising your power of choice when responding to situations often means acting counter-intuitively because you subscribe to a higher (more principled) ideal. Invariably, this ultimately benefits YOU anyway. It's how you grow. You don't mature by simply getting older. When you let emotions run amok, you give up your right to choose a better response and you forfeit the opportunity to make your life (and the life of others) better and to grow (mature).
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