“In a moment, we can decide to do something that will change the shape and trajectory of our lives. All it takes is a moment. In that single, solitary moment, a million different things that can alter your life for years and decades to come.
In fact, those decisions seem rather simple to make. They seem to happen in a moment, suddenly hitting us like a ton of bricks from nowhere.
However, those decisions don’t come from out of the blue. They don’t simply materialize into our lives. They build steam over time, working their way through our subconscious minds, searching for supporting evidence and clues to help ensure that we’re deciding to do the right thing.
As the greatest pattern recognition system in the world, the mind is always searching for clues. It’s always searching to support its decisions, while reinforcing its values and beliefs, whatever those might be. But the mind also has to be directed. It has to be focused towards one end or another. As the mind’s focus shifts, it looks for supporting evidence towards that end, gathering all the patterns it can recognize that will support its claims.”
-Wanderlust Worker

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