While I was reading the article “The Life of the Mind:
Hannah Arendt on Thinking vs. Knowing and the Crucial Difference between Truth
and Meaning”, an old saying came to mind: “read 10,000 books and travel 10,000
miles”, which highlights the importance of applying what we learn from books to
our daily life. The word “sense” is repeatedly mentioned in the article, and I
think we could not really sense what we learn until we practice it in the real
world. There is also a question resulting from the reading that I would like to
discuss. I admit that frequently reflecting on our studies, work, and social
experiences can help us make improvements in these areas, whereas I wonder whether
or not too much thinking can also restrict and impede our decision-making. One
of my friends, Lisa (pseudonym), once had an idea to run her own bakery;
however, there were many opposite voices about the idea and fears of investment
failure among our circle of friends. Lisa’s idea has not yet been applied to
practice partly because of thinking of potential business risks. During our
last talk she and I both agreed that sometimes too much thinking might keep
people in their comfort zones instead of taking risks and exploring any other
possibilities of their lives.
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