The Spirit Level - Beliefs are just Decisions in High Heels
- Oct 24, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
This is something I came to learn very late in life, having never questioned my beliefs or my decisions. I’ve since found so many areas in my life where I blindly accepted that my beliefs just are what they are, fixed in time, and my decisions simply followed. Turning things upside down to get a different perspective, allowing myself to question things and decide again, has become such a valuable tool. I like to think of it as “curiosity with benefits”.
As young children, often before 7, we learn not only what to believe, but who to believe. We look up to people, our parents, leaders and whoever we think knows more than we do, not realizing that they have their own beliefs as well and as such, pass on what they feel is their truth. A parent that says “go to college so you can get a good job and have a happy life” is doing their best, based on what they believe to be true. It is not true for everyone. We think it’s set in stone, but that stone turns to sand and suddenly, by choice, the line is easy to erase.
