The mind is not loyal to truth. It is loyal to stability. Comfort is familiar, predictable, and keeps the world from shifting beneath your feet. So the mind edits reality and softens warning signs. Comfort reframes failure while inventing reasons to stay still. Most lies are not spoken aloud. They are rehearsed silently until they feel reasonable. If a thought makes you feel immediately safe, inspect it. Truth often arrives with friction. Growth feels threatening because it threatens comfort. The mind resists change not because it is wrong but because it is inconvenient. Listen closely to the explanations you use to avoid action. That is where comfort is being defended. Truth does not need protection. Comfort does. Today the mind still protects comfort long before it protects truth. In a world built on convenience, the first battle is noticing when your own thoughts are working against your growth. Question the explanations that make inaction feel justified and treat instant reassurance as a warning, not a reward. Pay attention to when you’re defending a habit instead of evaluating it. Take heed to the stories you tell yourself to avoid discomfort. Let friction signal where change is trying to happen. Self‑deception is subtle because it feels safe. But safety without honesty becomes stagnation. Growth begins the moment you stop accepting every thought as a fact and start treating it as information to be tested. Your mind’s first loyalty is stability. Your task is to choose truth anyway... “The mind protects comfort before truth.” ~The Roots of Yggdrasil~ #norsepagan #yggdrasil #HardTruth #asatru #selfdeception #heathen