Why are we consistently inconsistent?
By airakumar
@airakumar (1553)
India
June 29, 2010 2:45am CST
Consistency is not what many people think it is. There is the healthy kind and the unhealthy kind. We all know people who never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. You'd think they'd catch a break once in a while, but they never do. They claim it's a matter of dumb luck, or a bad break, or fate. They blame everything but the silent operation of their consistently unhealthy beliefs from their own past. So why are we consistently inconsistent?
2 responses
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
29 Jun 10
Hi Aira!
Your post has high philosophical tone and am trying to figure out which kind of consistency you are talking about.
. I think I can talk about my conduct. I can say with conviction that am very consistent in my behavior and I deviate from it, very rarely. I feel that consistency in one's behavior and conduct is important and if anybody is consistent in his/her behavior s/he earns a good reputation.
. I think I can talk about my conduct. I can say with conviction that am very consistent in my behavior and I deviate from it, very rarely. I feel that consistency in one's behavior and conduct is important and if anybody is consistent in his/her behavior s/he earns a good reputation.@airakumar (1553)
• India
1 Jul 10
Thanks Deepak for pinging here and I truly thank you for being so nice person. I believe it is our subterranean beliefs from the past that determine how consistent we are. These beliefs keep us on track without the need for our conscious awareness, even if we don't like the path we are on. Consistency is not what many people think it is. But we have learned many things from people and have been given conflicting information. Thus, we have our inconsistencies too. Thanks again.
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
• United States
29 Jun 10
People are not battery operated machines that make the same things again and again. I think we are perfectly imperfect and the main reason would be that our mind is complicated and goes different ways when given different stimuluses for various situations.
@airakumar (1553)
• India
1 Jul 10
Well Gorilla, You are right and I agree. Our emotional system is consistent. We tend to remember painful emotional events and unresolved problems. They nag at us and cause painful discomfort. We strive for resolution to release the tension. When these problems remain unsolved emotions linger. This is how our human consistency works. How we make sense out of events from the past is consistent with how we make sense out of events in the present..
Thanks a lot for your wonderful response.
Thanks a lot for your wonderful response.