Written by Eugene Morgan
“When you look at things, look at them,” Milton Erickson
It is easy to either jump to conclusions or make assumptions about things without looking at them. We tend to quickly based our experiences on the event first before really seeing what’s happening. If we really look at things and let things happen, then we can make a proper assessment on them. Observing ourselves will give us insight about our behaviors, feelings, actions, and thoughts. Sigmund Freud once said that dreams are a secret letter to ourselves. Maybe dreams are like a secret letter because we don’t take the time to see our behaviors, thus our unconscious mind collects them and we revisits them in our dreams. When we begin to see our behaviors, then we can make some corrections and understand why we feel a certain way when this or that event happens. We won’t know about ourselves if we don’t look at things and find some useful discoveries that can make a difference in our lives.