An experiment, with homework.\u00a0 Don’t worry, it’s easy homework.<\/p>\n
I’m not going to hurt you.\u00a0 You’re not going to hurt me, right?\u00a0 You’re just like me and don’t want to hurt anyone.\u00a0 That goes without saying… or does it?<\/p>\n
The second you walk out of your house you are in predator\/prey mode caused in part by learned behavior, partly by society, partly by our DNA.\u00a0 Every interaction is weighed to see how much harm it might cause you.\u00a0 This constant wariness causes you to perform extra actions – lock your doors on your car lest someone steal it, put packages in the trunk lest someone break in and remove them, etc.<\/p>\n
When I say I’m not going to hurt you and you’re not going to hurt me you have two equal and opposite reactions.\u00a0 You immediately think that goes without saying, that you know I’m not going to hurt you and you know you’re not going to hurt me, because you’re not a bad person.\u00a0 Why even say that, it’s a given?\u00a0 It’s almost offensive that I said that.<\/p>\n
And yet at the same time you also have an opposite reaction – you think: Prove it.\u00a0 Give me a track record, show me you’re not going to hurt me.\u00a0 You think it’s absolutely naive to just completely trust someone – no one does that.\u00a0 Now you’re a little defensive, at the same time you think that statement was silly.<\/p>\n
So how do both of these thoughts exist in a sane person?<\/p>\n
Listen and find out, and find out what your homework is.<\/p>\n
Send me an email, or tweet @AlchemyFor_Life with your results.<\/p>\n
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