Good or Bad

I am wondering something.

Let’s say that instead of deciding right away, what if we choose to exercise an automatic time delay before we labeled anything as good or bad?

What do you think would happen?

I have a suspicion that I would profit from this experiment. Rather than applying a quick label I might see that it takes time to know for sure.

Even then, I might not be correct.

Do you have any interest in giving this a try?

Suppose you wrote down the situation and your immediate response and set it aside, promising to come back to it “later”.

And suppose, just for one time, you watched what happened, like an observer without an opinion. You simply stood off to the side and waited…for a day, a week, a month, a year. And when the time period was up, you reevaluated.

I’ve tried this from time to time and it always astonishes me. Almost every time I learn something profound. Almost every time I recognize how far from the truth my first response was and how much more I have to learn.