Talking
Backwards, Thinking Straight
Did
you ever stop to think how very many old adages and sayings that
exist in the English language that are actually said backwards? Well
not backwards but to put not too fine a point on it, would be better
served if they were said the other way around?
Firstly,
let's talk about, “Seeing is believing.” While it is true the
opposite would be truer. Let me explain, Let's imagine that your
dream is to... sell cookies. Your recipe is a family secret but you
feel you could make a living off of just that. If this is your
mindset for an extended period and you want it badly enough you might
go to a culinary school, find investors and at some point establish
an actual working business. In this scenario it is the belief in your
recipe that caused you to manifest a business in your physical world.
So in this instance it would be better said as,“ Believing is
seeing.”
Sometimes
we say, “Ignorance is bliss.” You've all heard that right? But
as I have examined my life a few too many times I have realized that
it was not actually the “good times” that gave me the tools for
survival. It was the “bad times” that left me equipped with the
tools and lessons that were required to figure out the next problem I
needed to work out in my life. Not that laughter is bad, we require
comic relief to stay sane, but it is the times where we struggle that
teach us how to make the next struggle easier. So in this instance a
more correct thing to say would be, “Bliss is ignorance,” because
good times teach me silliness but not a lot about survival.
This
blog was a total blast to write. I love how much fun it was to
consider the words and their meanings, so I may well post another
like this later.
I
have a blog planned this month about the Medicine Man also... so stay
tuned because that one is highly important to me!
That's
my side of it,
Angel
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