What we believe
We believe
Until it changes
Or is changed
Perception is everything
We live according to our mindset
Our conversations and confidantes chosen
For the reflections that they cast
How freeing to realise that there is no one truth
But many
Opinions?
Judgements?
Don’t ask
For they are just
Thistles blown in the wind
Seeds fluttering
Why say anything?
Train tracks running into the distance
It’s all just wishful thinking
Truth?
Bends
Warps
Changes
According to whomever is telling the story
*echo chambers – observable social media phenomenons – we are lumped into groups according to our beliefs and who we interact with and follow.
Yet doesn’t that make us even more sure of our own opinions?
Increasingly, narrow focus groups are dangerous. Fake news proliferates due to an adherence to a certain agenda or belief which may not may not even be real? A snowball rolling, gathering followers and ideas as it goes. Step off. Broaden the mind, listen to others outside of the normal age group, ethnicity, gender etc
Others points of view are interesting and it’s always worth stepping up to their perspective, taking a look.
Even if it doesn’t resonate within, it’s never time wasted to listen for a minute to someone else’s opinion.
People are so certain
So rock solid
I love when my mind is broadened suddenly by a different point of view, one that I had never thought of because I couldn’t. I couldn’t see it standing in my normal point of view.
We need to experience more diversity in our everyday lives – the world over. This is a wonderful thing about social media and yet, and yet…
Algorithms prevent this experience from occurring.
Another reason to love WordPress.
