On your point of consistency, I think we value consistency because of its correlation with trust, and we value trust because if its correlation with safety.
If I can’t count on you to act tomorrow like you do today, I can’t definitively trust you tomorrow, and if I can’t trust you tomorrow, my ability to trust exists only in the present. Many of the things we work to achieve have stakes in the future. In an effort to secure said stakes, we try to secure a sense of trust that will outlast the present.
Your writing has inspired a self analysis, in which I have concluded that I am consistent. In some cases consistent for the sake of being consistent. I can appreciate why striving for consistency inevitably keeps us from questioning our actions, habits, and ways of understanding/interpreting life. Though I think it’s also worth mentioning that consistency is what cements the trust others have in me.
Does this mean I should continue to be consistent in order to maintain the trust of others? To a certain extent, I believe so. Ultimately I think there is a balance to keep… a line to approximate between questioning and challenging beliefs we’ve developed over our lifetimes, and consistently thinking, acting and living in ways we believe are tried and true.
amazing opening experience from this read
Very good piece.
On your point of consistency, I think we value consistency because of its correlation with trust, and we value trust because if its correlation with safety.
If I can’t count on you to act tomorrow like you do today, I can’t definitively trust you tomorrow, and if I can’t trust you tomorrow, my ability to trust exists only in the present. Many of the things we work to achieve have stakes in the future. In an effort to secure said stakes, we try to secure a sense of trust that will outlast the present.
Your writing has inspired a self analysis, in which I have concluded that I am consistent. In some cases consistent for the sake of being consistent. I can appreciate why striving for consistency inevitably keeps us from questioning our actions, habits, and ways of understanding/interpreting life. Though I think it’s also worth mentioning that consistency is what cements the trust others have in me.
Does this mean I should continue to be consistent in order to maintain the trust of others? To a certain extent, I believe so. Ultimately I think there is a balance to keep… a line to approximate between questioning and challenging beliefs we’ve developed over our lifetimes, and consistently thinking, acting and living in ways we believe are tried and true.