Prefer to listen? Click here.
I can scroll through my Instagram feed and get a good number of ‘highs’ from some awesome snippets of wisdom. They could be reels or quotes and they’ll make me go ‘aaahh that’s SO true’ and ‘oh I REALLY needed to hear that today’.
And then, I just scroll on to the next thing. To the next reel. To the next quote. To the next seed of wisdom.
The seed of wisdom that I just received has barely entered the top 1mm of my consciousness and I’m already scrolling on to find the next one.
This is what I call fast food wisdom. It’s quick, it’s tasty and addictive. It’s all about immediate gratification. But, it’s not nourishing. And it’s definitely not something you want over and over for long periods of time.
Much of social media encourages us to ‘consume wisdom’ in this short, shallow and fast fashion. But little of what we receive in this manner actually gets integrated and takes root within us. So, it’s kind of pointless!
We end up mistaking moments of insight and feeling good from certain content, for real results and actual growth.
We think that an ‘aha’ moment is true progress and although it can take just one inspirational moment from a 30 second video to shift your consciousness and really change an aspect of your life, this is the exception rather than the rule.
The majority of true wisdom, growth and change is not that speedy or superficial
It’s much richer, deeper and enduring. It takes time. It has to take root. It has to be integrated. Again and again in our consciousness.
True growth requires focus, dedication and action. It’s not just about receiving the initial seed of wisdom, it’s about planting and nurturing that seed so you can bear it’s fruits.
So, I really would like to encourage you today to snap out of the fast food wisdom habit
Check yourself when you start addictively scrolling and perhaps choose another way. For example, you could take a piece of wisdom that’s really touched you and meditate on it, journal about it, sit with it for a few days with intention and prayer, and see if there are any actions you can take to help embody what you’ve learned.
I think it’s better to spend a few months deeply integrating a small number of new, wise habits into our lives, than it is to enjoy the fleeting high of reading 100 inspirational quotes over that same time period. The latter just doesn’t cut it. It doesn’t do much for us at all.
Now, as with all my life lessons content and teachings, I am teaching you what I also need to learn! So, I’ll definitely be making a commitment to deep, enduring wisdom and real change, over dopamine, short term excitement and staying the same. I hope that you will join me.
0 Comments