Dear Me,
Sometimes when I think of my inability to act on something, an inability rationalized out of caution, or out of being unrealistic and unreasonable, I remind myself that boundaries are constructions of society. These boundaries are our own conventions. I remind myself that we have been taught to see the world this way, which is not how the world necessarily is or should be.
a quote from a book by David Mitchell, later made into the movie, “Cloud Atlas,” touches on this idea when it is said:
I understand now that boundaries between noise and sound are Conventions. All boundaries are Conventions waiting to be transcended. One may transcend any convention if only one can first conceive of doing so.“
to transcend such self-imposed limitations, one must first conceive of the possibility: the possibility of something else, of something more, or of the opposite being true. One must entertain the idea that what one has been led to believe as truth may not be true after all. Or at least, while its truth is a possibility, even a probability, the opposite, or another option, may also be possible, if only one can first conceive of it being so.
so I ask, what conventions are holding you back?
- Dear Me Original Thought
Dear Me, 