It Takes An Open Mind To Hold Big Thoughts

​We can say quite fairly that when we deny reason, we deny truth. This is a statement that is likely to immediately offend some, however it is in that very offence-taking we find why this statement is true.

​The reaction is innately emotional. Without any consideration to the facts that emotions can obscure truth, people often react to issues before they have heard the information (data + reason).

They pre-form opinions without hearing all the information, and react out of a preferred feeling. It has been said that small thoughts fit easily into a closed mind, but it requires an open mind to hold big thoughts.

The refusal to hear the other person’s opinion or ideas can indicate a closed mind …which is what we see from woke-social-justice warriors who want to control social narratives.

Emotional-minded people are always small thinkers. The use of the reasoning-mind rather than the emotional-mind helps us hear other opinions and see the full picture.

The problem with emotions is they can be sincere, but also sincerely wrong.

​To rely solely on your feelings is to put yourself and others at risk. The Golden Rule to remember is this; our emotions can lie to us.