Look before you jump. Think before you speak. Pause before you act.
These are the ways of vigilance, but they’re not the only ones.
Vigilance is essential for caring–committing precious attention to something that matters. Being watchful. Minding cautionary cues. Preserving by observing.
Vigilance, however, should not be taken for paranoia, that chronic state of crippling suspicion.
Instead, vigilance is the absence of ignorance. Aside from fairy tales, ignorance doesn’t breed bliss–it ambushes it. Left unchecked, oblivion will lead to disaster.
What’s the best way to practice vigilance? Humility. Sobering, soul-searching humility--the willingness to subject our assumptions to the rigors of truth and defer our staunchest opinions to fact. Click To TweetSo, what’s the best way to practice vigilance?
Humility. Sobering, soul-searching humility–the willingness to subject our assumptions to the rigors of truth and defer our staunchest opinions to fact.
Checking our ego and making room for the possibility–and probability–of error.
Remembering, always, the vincible nature of who we are and the things we’ve painstakingly built.
