Articulating Whats Important

Everyone has things that they believe are important. As far as we are involved, it is not for us to judge the validity of their position. First and foremost, we need to understand them and love them regardless.

Secondly, we need to be able to recognize their position for what it is, see the logical outcome of it and then turn upon ourselves and perform the same action. We need to be honest when we are critical of our own worldview. To be able to see our own fallacies is nothing short of a gift. When we see then we can make corrections or at least seek help in doing so.

Obviously, things are not simply “important” or “not important”. Everything is on a scale. Context and time frame need to be taken into account but ultimately one needs to be able to see fallacies in our own thinking and honestly deal with them. Understanding our own thinking in light of the way our thinking has been formed by family environment, education, culture and life choices over the long term will be key to moving further into self-understanding and action.

Those things that are important will ultimately be formed by who we truly are, not who we think we are or even who we desire to be.

Those things that are important to us reveal who we truly are.