Don’t want to be an inferior being

Human beings are very adaptable. No matter how bad the environment is, as long as you stay there for a long time, you will always get used to it.

You may have many dissatisfactions at the beginning, such as staying in a low-quality hotel. You feel very uncomfortable as soon as you enter the room. You dislike the smell in the room, the bathroom is too narrow, the water in the shower is too weak, the mattress is too hard, the pillows are too soft, and the sheets are too dirty. ...Anyway, I hate this place, but since I can't change hotels, I have no choice but to stay here. I felt miserable on the first day, but by the third day, I probably got used to it and automatically ignored those dissatisfactions.

Obviously nothing has changed, but as you get used to it, you will be more able to accept the still harsh environment (or situation).

It turns out that everything depends on habits. This is a good thing, because if you are unable to adapt to an environment you don't like, life will be very painful. The brain will not keep us in pain, so in order to reduce the pain, or rather freeze the painful feeling, the brain will activate self-protection mechanisms and adjust physiologically and psychologically to adapt to the current environment.

We will try to find an outlet for the pain. However, even if we adapt to a harsh environment, it does not mean that we have to compromise and let ourselves be content with the harsh environment.

Sometimes we enter a blind spot and believe that the environment cannot be changed. We must either accept it or leave it. If we cannot leave, we must accept everything, including all the bad conditions and accompanying pain. Those who stay always envy those who leave, because they are far away from the source of pain, but why do we still have pain? It's because of the helplessness of life, but if you stay, instead of adapting to the harsh environment, why not try to turn the situation around?

Human adaptability can alleviate the pain when we face harsh environments, but it also prevents us from seeking breakthroughs. Once we are content with the status quo, we will lose the courage to change. We will deceive ourselves and others by saying that we are used to it anyway, so it doesn’t matter if we don’t change, and then we will gradually be Poor assimilation, the worst thing is being assimilated without even realizing it.

If you don’t want to become an inferior being, you must stay awake at all times and understand your own situation. You cannot change the general environment, and you must not let yourself become inferior.

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