dailydatewithgod

While it is understandable that we have a reluctance when we encounter something foreign to us, it doesn’t make sense that we use that as a reason to make it wrong.  The world is full of contrasts.  Even if we are reticent to explore, we can appreciate whatever contrast we encounter as having value.  Whether it is a person or an idea, just because we do not agree does not mean we are right and they or it are wrong.  We seem to vilify the contrast out of fear for our survival, but since when did giving someone’s idea value equal our death?  It is our ego that fears death.  However, if we remember to bring our heart into the decision-making process we might learn something from the contrast.  It may inform something about ourselves we did not see until we witnessed the contrast.  The contrast is not the enemy our resistance to it can be. Contrast can help us clarify things for us.  We might have a better sense of why we believe something if we allow ourselves to bear witness to the value of a contrasting belief.  No one is saying we must adopt the contrasting belief.  This world is full of people and ideas who see and experience things in contrast to what we experience.  Our hearts remind us to start off by being open to the value of the contrast however it shows up in the same way we value what we believe and who we are.