THE WORSHIP OF COMFORT

“Your confusion is an asset; in fact, your search for clarity may blaze a path for others. In working to express what you do not understand— but long to understand— you invite the kind of conversations for which others are searching.” (p. 185)

“The experience of being understood, versus interpreted, is so compelling you can charge admission.” Joseph Pine The Experience Economy

There is hardly any thought or frame that will stop people from self-actualizing than the idea that “The most important thing in life is being comfortable.” Perhaps we all learned it when our parents warned us as children to watch what we say around Aunt Sally or Uncle Bob because “It will make her or him uncomfortable.” So we come out of childhood with a fear of making anyone uncomfortable. We learn to worry about someone feeling uncomfortable. “What if they get upset?” “What if they don’t want you to ask that question?” How about you? Did childhood program you to take responsibility for other people’s state of comfort?