One Apple A Day #822 - honest conversations
Can a conversation with myself be really candid and honest?
This question came up for me this morning, while I was trying to see a clear path amidst the chaos of thoughts in my head.
I think I am good at introspection.
I love to dive into my own feelings and thoughts and dig out some truth.
I cherish the long conversations with myself, in which I'm the one asking tough questions and the one struggling to answer at the same time.
But are these inner conversations disruptive enough?
Unfortunately, no.
As much as I think I'm honest with myself - nobody is eavesdropping the conversations in my head - I still run in circles within the box that I built over the years.
So yes, I'm having honest conversations, but only reaffirming what I already know.
That's why I need to surround myself with people who can ask me the healthy questions, the ones that help me see the box in which I am so I can break through it and grow.
We can't go past our own web of beliefs and stories until someone, or something from the outside make that same web visible to us.