I’ve been a bit of a cunt in my time. Pushing my beliefs down people’s throats.
It’s not to say there aren’t things that are total bollocks but when in discussions about the nature of the world and all that’s within it (this is inspired by the way from a podcast I watched this morning) that we can’t be openminded and civil.
The trouble with zealotry is it leaves no room for being wrong or misconstruing reality.
Passion is one thing, pushiness quite another.
The aim of finding out the truth is so there can be more harmony. We labour painfully under tyranny and delusion.
Freedom is understanding the world as it is and doing the best you can do in it – and being as good as you can be.
We all want the simple explain-it-all-answer to everything but it seems to me there is no room in the discussion for “I don’t know.”
All the time we are piecing the puzzle together but let’s have some kindness and understanding and room for disagreement along the way.