I don't agree with everthing you just said, but I like when you said.....

It's been four months since I posted the initial post of this blog!  Why haven't I spilled my guts about my transforming experiences?  Well I think it's because of the ultimate thing that I need some true transformation from; worry of what others think of my perspective.  I have a problem with other people having opinions about the things that I feel that are important to me.  I really don't like it when it differs with so many people.  It makes me think that I am the only one that thinks the way I do.  But I am constantly reminded that changing perspectives and the way you think and do things doesn't come with a little grief and a little pain.  Other opinions are the tensions that make my thinking muscles stronger, so instead of looking out there for someone to agree with me, and keeping things comfortable to me, I need to open the door to other opinions, while at the same time adjusting my thoughts to other perspectives.  Allowing for growth!  I tend to allow other peoples opinions to be completely wrong and ignore it, or completely right and I ignore my perspective, so I think adjusting mine or theirs is a safer, healthier way to go.  So I will do my best to go into each topic or discussion I have here with an open mind, listening ear.  I hope you can do the same!

Tearing Down and Rebuilding New Perspectives

For anyone that knows me!  I really want to be truly transformed. But my wanted transformation seemed to be very limited to spiritual things. But I have recently realized that my spirituality should involve much more than what I was allowing myself to think, such as politics or the environment being in its own separate catagory. Just in those two areas alone, my perspectives and actions need to be reconstructed or transformed.  You see, I never want to be a person who arrives at a place where he believes he has it all figured out in any area.  I know that as long as I live, life will throw it challenges at me to learn something great.  This past year I have already experienced changes in my perspectives that I thought I would never change.  And I am sure some of those new perspectives will be challenged in the future.  I am not saying that I don't believe in absolutes. But what I am saying is that there were absolutes in my life that should have never been absolutes.  It definitely is hard to do things different when so many in your life don't see it that way, or don't understand, but I do have people in my life that do challenge my thinking now, but even the ones who don't agree or understand just add more fuel to continue to challenge my thinking.  So there is nothing safe in my life, that will not go through this perspective reconstruction. It is time to experience a more whole spirituality.  Stay tuned and join me on this journey of mine!