We have been around the block with ouselves many times. We know where we get snagged up, we know where certain relationships or circumstances will lead us. We are familiar with how we react to various circumstances.
Just for today, avoid going down a street that we know is filled with potholes and take a street that runs some other way.
Why should we deliberately set ourselves up for disappointment when we can just as easily avoid it?
Why should we do what we know will not yield high returns?
If we know and understand ourselves, then it is our responsibility to put that knowledge to good use, to allow it to steer us through our lives in positive and pleasant ways.
Our lives work better when we are able to witness ouselves in action, knowing that we can enter in by choice rather than compulsion, feeling free to act as we choose, to tailor our lives to suit us.
To act with maturity.
Maturity consists in no longer being taken in by oneself. ~ Kajetan von Schlaggenberg