Still looking through an old lens?

“If you don’t allow yourself to learn and grow from the experience — from what was said, done, and felt — you will always look at your life through the same old lens.” ~Marc and Angel Chernoff, Marc & Angel Hack Life

Sometimes we keep repeating the same mistakes while expecting different results. Or maybe we’re sinking so deeply in a rut that we can’t figure out why old patterns of behavior and outdated opinions or preferences aren’t working for us anymore. We like to think we’re “loyal” or consistent, but sometimes we’re just … stubborn.

This can apply to everything from redecorating the kitchen to mending relationships.

The older I get, the more I notice my own tendency to cling to timeworn patterns and ideas. As today’s quote implies, the quickest way to age ourselves is to keep looking at life through an old lens. ~CL