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 Or maybe we’re so deeply entrenched in our rut that we don’t even notice that old patterns of behavior and outdated opinions aren’t working for us anymore. We like to think we’re being loyal or consistent or traditional — but sometimes we’re just lazy or stubborn.

This can apply to everything from redecorating the kitchen to rekindling our 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