Manar Hussain wrote:
Playing devil's advocate somewhat, there's a cost as well as a
potential pay-off to not just playing along.
Yep. Huge cost. And sometimes people pay with their lives.
A friend floored me recently with her
approach. I know her as very sure of her (core) beliefs. She let up.
Once every year or two she has a bout of introspection where she
re-aligns. Interesting approach at trying to find the best of both
worlds.
I do this too. That's why some people sometimes hit me with being
"inconsistent" (especially when they look at old stuff I've written)
since my positions evolve all the time. I do it intentionally. If a
position is not working for me (in whatever way I specify), I eventually
kill it and move on.
What I like about the substance of the article is that it articulates a
concept that people can use to change themselves -- even though they
generally can't change the paradigms in which they live. You can change
the small things in your world, in other words, and hopefully over time
those small things add up to bigger changes. And when you are focusing
on this process, you are more apt to spot bigger paradigm shifts coming
along and you can jump when the opportunity is right.
Something like that. :)
Jim
