Seth's Blog : The tooth fairy

The tooth fairy

Make a list of things you used to believe. Fervently, certainly, completely.

Things that you were sure of, but now, with the passage of time and the benefit of experience, you know to be incorrect or incomplete.

Of course, it’s not just mythical creatures beloved by children. It’s our adherence to a social norm, loyalty to a leader or the structure of a point of view.

We’re pretty good at allowing our incorrect certainties to slowly fade into the background, without a crisis or reckoning. We gradually move on, now even more certain about the other things we’re certain of.

Resilience can be found by holding onto our certainties just a little less tightly. One way to do that is to remember just how often the old ones fade away.