Authors: Tammy Guns
Anyone who has ever been the parent of a teenager, knows that their teenagers can be short-sighted in their thinking and in their subsequent actions. Parents worry that their teenager will make poor decisions that will have lasting repercussions; however, adults make short-sighted, myopic decisions every single day that can have a lifelong negative impact on their health. In essence, adults have a “teenage” brain when it comes to the multitude of seemingly insignificant decisions that they make every single day. Living above the conscious horizon is a lifelong strategy to position decision making into the forefront and quantifiable objective reality. Lifestyle choices are a major contributing factor in the development of chronic disease. We also know that chronic disease can take months, if not years, to fully develop or to have noticeable symptoms. Living above the conscious horizon is a strategy about mitigating risk, not about placing blame. Wearing a seatbelt will mitigate the risk of injury from a car accident; however, wearing a seatbelt doesn’t completely eliminate the risk altogether. Conscious decision making mitigates against the risk of poor health; however, it is not a guarantee of good health. Waking up and paying more attention to the multitude of our daily decisions, brings into the light that which is hidden and is the result of living above the conscious horizon.
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