Shelf Life and Shelling Notions about Life
Everything has a shelf life and once it crosses that barrier it is very difficult to sustain in the normal world because something else will either replace it soon enough or it is not suitable to serve its intended purpose. Generally, we see that word being tossed around the retail industry, but that is applicable to everything, but the one caveat is that we cannot label it on everything. Well, what does that have to do with life at all? One benefit would be to not consume things that are expired—not just food but outdated beliefs. But, life is far more complex than that retail jargon. If we were given a pen and asked to describe ourselves in a few words, how many of us can do it instantaneously? Not too many of us and that is completely fine and normal. No, this isn’t an issue about your self-awareness. The fascinating thing is people around us, all of them have a different version of us in their heads and that keeps changing with every interaction they have with us. We ourselves...