🥷The Unusual Paradox Of Fitting In

I used to think that life was forward, but it’s backward.

Alan Watts wrote: “Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure”

He called this the backwards law.

The backwards law states the more we pursue something the further away it is as the pursuit of the thing highlights our lack of the thing.

It’s cause and effect.

For example:

• The pursuit of wealth ma…