Close Your Mind (Eventually)
You can’t build anything with maybes.
An open mind is a great place to start. It’s a lousy place to live.
The most meaningful lives aren’t the ones that keep weighing every possibility; they’re the ones that finally choose.
As Shane Parrish puts it, many of life’s most important ventures only work when we’re “all in, all the time.” Half-trustworthy isn’t trustworthy. Mostly consistent isn’t consistent. The real power comes when we stop hedging and start building.
Because true mastery—and often true joy—doesn’t come from dabbling. It comes from the depth of a chosen path. From staying when it would be easier to move on. From digging into the thing you’ve committed to until it begins to reveal more than you ever imagined.
Conviction is magnetic. It’s also risky. But the people we find most compelling aren’t the ones who nod politely at every perspective. They’re the ones who bet their lives on something solid.
So yes, open your mind. Stretch it. Test it. But eventually, you’ve got to stop floating and start digging in.
Choose a path. And then choose it again, and again, and again.
Father Michael thank you for this awareness this morning!
Have a Blessed Day,
Debbie the dabbler
It was a big turning point for me when someone exhorted me to stop playing Devil's Advocate all the time and only argue in favor of the stuff I actually believed. Because you can make an argument in favor of just about anything, but figuring out where you personally land after the arguments have been made is hard.