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Looking around. 3 years ago

I’ve come to see that you can be as open minded as you’d like. The effort will bear fruit in the form of seeing the world through the eyes of an open minded individual. You could do the opposite, and the opposite would be your reward. The color of your lenses, that’s what dictates the world you see. Do you want to wear the rose colored glasses today? Or maybe another pair.

Life is what we believe it is. Our beliefs change based on new information. Life is changing, it is transmutable. This being the case, we never know anything, we just believe differently at different times. The thought is a bit discouraging, if you look at it from a certain angle. At the same time, it’s what it is and there’s no changing it. Learning to accept that humanity is flawed, each and every one of us, and that no one has the answers. I find that to be the key to an open mind. From there you can keep up the search, find what’s good, discard what is bad. Create a life full of the best things you could find. Enjoy that life, and die knowing you played the best game you could and enjoyed it with friends.



Fear of the dark. 3 years ago

The struggle to always learn requires careful balance. People tend to learn something once. Then they shut the doors on that subject forever, sure that they’ve learned all there was to know about it. Knowledge doesn’t work that way. It’s a continual process of refinement. The doors must stay open, and we must not assume we “know” anything. Otherwise there is no more light.

It is impossible for anyone to know everything in this life. Consider everything suspect, consider everything a learning opportunity. Listen carefully, ask questions and then keep your mouth shut while others share their answers. There are those who will pretend they have all the answers. That is a sad and dark life, the life of a closed mind. I fear the dark.

I need to listen better, to ask more questions, to always keep my mind open. May my mind always be open.




 

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