Schrodinger's cat is an expression that has evolved out of a thought experiment where a cat inside a cat is both dead and alive at the same time. The owner of the cat can continue living their lives assuming the cat is either dead or alive and it would be true. 

Until they open the box. Then they'd see the state of the cat for what it is. Alive or dead.

We all have our own Schrodinger's cats. Things that we choose to keep in a box, assume it's state and live on happily. We are afraid to open the box and find out the reality is not what we think it is. 

It helps to open the box.