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Other people's problems

It's surprisingly easy to be generous and find solutions to our
friend's problems.

Much easier than it is to do it for ourselves. Why?

There are two useful reasons, I think.

FIRST, because we're unaware of all the real and imaginary boundaries
our friends have set up. If it were easy to solve the problem, they
probably would have. But they're making it hard because they have
decided that there are people or systems that aren't worth
challenging. Loosening the constraints always makes a problem easier
to solve.

And SECOND, because resistance is real. Solving the problem means
moving ahead, confronting new, even scarier problems. It might be
easier to simply stay where we are, marinating in our stuck.

When we care enough to solve our own problem, we'll loosen the
unloosenable constraints and embrace the new challenges to come.

April 21, 2024

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