ME WRONG? YOU CAN'T MEAN IT!!

Looking back (is always the best way to see), I thought I had a good grip on life and the way things are. My opinion was fact, as I saw it. I never forgot anything, others were mistaken about what happened or was said. I knew what was better for others than they did. Hmm. That is the way I saw things four years ago (and can easily slip into that pattern of thinking to this day), before I started this attempt at a new way of living.



When "REALITY" (truth, honesty) hit me that I might possible be wrong, I finally asked for help, both from GOD and someone living a principle based life. It was simple, I was told, the only thing I had to change (about myself) was everything, including the "fact" that I already knew everything. I could no longer will others to follow my advice. "IT'S WHAT YOU LEARN AFTER YOU KNOW EVERY THING THAT COUNTS".



So, what am I doing different? I am actually learning to listen. When a group is gathered in conversation, I no longer have to say " I've got one (a story from glory days) better than that"!I have found that my opinion is better sometimes left unsaid. Reading my blogs one will be hard pressed to find any advice I give, If a friend asks for solutions to problems, I will only tell them what has worked for me, I do not give opinion based advice. If I have no personal experience on the matter I say so and try to direct them to someone that does. Today, I have the ability to say "I don't know", no longer the ultimate authority on everything. Not to confuse anyone, I have strong personal beliefs about politics, religion, etc., but I do not rub others noses in it. A debate on such maters is enjoyable, for me, as long as all involved are civil and respect the views of others.



Today, I have the freedom to let others be wrong. I no longer have to always be right. I can allow others to live life as they want, without my meddling.



My writings and way of living are not new. The material in my blogs are my personal experience of living a principle based life as handed down from others. This is just my way of sharing the new freedom I have found, hoping you may also find this freedom. Do I resemble that remark?

Learning to act and think this way is very difficult for me, but the result is far greater than the effort.