Inarticulate Instincts

[aegisknight]

I have a problem: I am very lucky. Stuff just seems to work out, without any great effort on my part. I believe this has something to do with decisions my subconscious is making, and how they guide me through life. I place great trust in my instincts, though I'll be damned if I could articulate my thought processes to you. This has been a great

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[tadan]

For the first question, I usually rely on some notion of trust, like you were saying. I don't trust all good friends. I do trust good friends who tend to think like I do, though. This probably reinforces narrow-mindedness. I guess the assumption is that, if I'm going to completely accept what someone else says without question, I want to at least be familiar with the context of the advice and type of thought processes that went into it. On the other hand, I'll listen to advice from very different types of people, but want some explanation for their advice so I can contextualize it in my own mind somehow

[dyna]

Oddly enough, I started that book this morning on the bus. Coincidence