“The real motives come from deep within a person—as from deep waters—but a discerning person is able to draw them up and expose them.” (Proverbs 20:5 VOICE)
I have a love-hate relationship with documentaries about food. On the one hand, I want to know the details about what I am eating. However, all the fun of eating disappears after you watch how the sausage is made. Just as ignorance can be blissful, knowledge can be upsetting. Thus, it is not surprising that people avoid thinking deeply.
A meaningless life does not make one miserable, but recognizing it does. Avoidance of discomfort is the real motive for living superficially. Seeking meaning requires us to relinquish the ease of following the status quo. We have to deliberately push through the unpleasantness of knowing in order to reach truth. A discerning person is willing to go as deep as needed and draw from the inner well of understanding.
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