Conflicted
We are all driven by something. Some of us are driven by more than one idea, believe in living in 2 very opposing ways. Do you ever find your beliefs don't match the life you are living?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Inconsistency and incoherency drive us to revise our perceptions, understandings, and beliefs to be closer to reality. Or should, anyway.
I have done that a number of times when my beliefs didn't accurately explain or predict lived experience, most notably when I left the Christian faith.
mordant
Level 8
Nov 3, 2018
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Conflicted is my natural state. If I'm not conflicted, I start looking around for what's wrong, or missing ...
The-Krzyz
Level 8
Nov 3, 2018
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@TheAstroChuck A mediocre therapist once told me something I already knew, but I liked his succinctness: “Guilt serves absolutely no useful purpose!”
As a young man I had very little. We were very poor but both my parents worked. Later I am poor and trying to raise a family. I was always frugal though and my mother knew how to pinch pennies. Today I am a bleeding heart liberal but I will not loan you any money. If I did that I would have no money. Yes, I'm conflicted.
DenoPenno
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Nov 3, 2018
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No, I don't think I ever have, but I can see how it would happen and be possible to be conflicted. It might happen to me at some point in my life, but hopefully I can avoid it. I guess it's a thin line though.
Piece2YourPuzzle
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Nov 3, 2018
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