Personal growth and the attraction of opposites May 27, 2014
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Goal Setting and Realization, Solving Problems.Tags: attraction of opposites, Eric Hoffer, personal development, personal growth, Personal growth and development, philosophy, self-actualization
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There can be times in our personal growth and development journey when confusion sets in, when the choice of which path to take becomes difficult.
We hear different and often conflicting pieces of advice, suggestions, or ideas – from others, and from our own internal voice.
This does not mean there is something wrong with the methods we are using, or the overall approach we are taking to our self-improvement efforts.
Feeling this way is normal and is a result of the attraction of perhaps equally attractive alternatives.
Having these “dilemmas” is actually what can make the self-development journey interesting, exciting and rewarding.
Mindless, inflexible adherence to one, and one-only, approach to self-actualization can be limiting, unproductive, and yes, boring.
The philosopher Eric Hoffer makes this comment:
“It is the stretched soul that makes music, and souls are stretched by the pull of opposites – opposite bents, tastes, yearnings, loyalties. Where there is no polarity – where energies flow smoothly in one direction, — there will be much doing, but no music.” (1)
(1) Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition
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