because deciding to wear blinkers is a choice. Not wanting to see the reality of pain and hurt and the distress and struggles of the people around us.....Not wanting to face breakdowns.....Not recognizing those who may make us question ourselves and the way we live or go about our lives.....Not wanting to see situations or issues that might make us uncomfortable.....Not wanting to see anything that may create questions against the status quo in our minds......Not wanting to question why we are what we are or have become what we have become.....Not wanting to find out what has happened to put us in the state we are in now.....These are all choices that we make out of our fears and insecurities.
Naturally, then, if we remove our blinkers it is going to hurt deeply....we are going to cringe at what we have become......but at least we can then fix ourselves so that as we grow older, we can be more at peace with ourselves.....the deep sense of peace that can only come from within...
For in the end, it is only us.... and so we have to align ourselves (as we have become) and our true self (our North Star), into one whole being...