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If you were fortunate enough to be born into a family whose ancestors directly benefited from genocide and/or slavery, maybe you think the more you don’t know, the more innocent you can stay, which is a good incentive to not find out, to not look too deep, to walk carefully around the sleeping tiger. Look no further than your last name. Follow it back and you might find your line paved with gold, or beset with traps.
Stop thinking so much about the “problem,” taking everyone else’s inventory—diagnosing and repairing the cause of your discontent. And instead, turn your focus to your own responses and attitude; attend to who you want to be in a world that will always be not entirely to your liking. Then you can create a good life without changing anyone or anything.
Can't Stop Thinking
Colier, Nancy
In practical terms, three rules of thumb are especially useful for harnessing the power of patience as a creative force in daily life. The first is to develop a taste for having problems.
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
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