Deceitful Hearts
Deceitful Hearts
Oh, deceitful heart!
It is easy to see hypocrisy in others.
There is so much of it in politics, that we wonder if some can even move their mouths without being deceptive. They are speaking their own truth, but not truth, because their hearts are wicked.
These experts at self-deception have no problem speaking lies to others on a regular basis. Career liars may be no longer capable of telling the truth because of their self-serving hearts.
How can we protect ourselves from being fooled?
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.” - Richard Feynman
Feynman realized early on that we are all prone to believing that we know more about a topic than we actually do, and this mistake happens in part because of superficial knowledge.
Example: A president is not above the law. Is this a fact? How would we know? Read this case law.
Real knowledge, requires discipline to study, and discipline to listen to advice, question, and learn.
If you find yourself annoyed and offended easily when others give you new information that does not fit your preferred worldview or advice, you may be shutting yourself off from learning and growing.
Instead of believing we have all the answers or blindly trusting that someone else has all the answers, we need to do the work of asking more questions and learning as much as we can about matters of importance.
Let us not deceive ourselves into thinking we know more than we do. Let us be open to listening and learning. Let us do the work and gain wisdom, and let us at the very least not deceive ourselves.
đź’—Wishing you Amazing Love & Awesome Style
P.S. Clicking the links in my articles takes you for a deeper dive and provides resources!
Feynman realized early on that we are all prone to believing that we know more about a topic than we actually do, and this mistake happens in part because of superficial knowledge.
Example: A president is not above the law. Is this a fact? How would we know? Read this case law.
Real knowledge, requires discipline to study, and discipline to listen to advice, question, and learn.
If you find yourself annoyed and offended easily when others give you new information that does not fit your preferred worldview or advice, you may be shutting yourself off from learning and growing.
Instead of believing we have all the answers or blindly trusting that someone else has all the answers, we need to do the work of asking more questions and learning as much as we can about matters of importance.
Let us not deceive ourselves into thinking we know more than we do. Let us be open to listening and learning. Let us do the work and gain wisdom, and let us at the very least not deceive ourselves.
đź’—Wishing you Amazing Love & Awesome Style
P.S. Clicking the links in my articles takes you for a deeper dive and provides resources!
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