The sun sets on another day…
Weather is funny. We went for 30 days with virtually no clouds and beautiful sun and shiny days. Now the weather swaps back and forth between cool and crisp and Scattered son desperately trying to jump out at the world below. I think it’s pretty funny that I thought I would have a sunset until the clouds swallowed it whole. Now I have a good night under a hazy sky.
I think I have mentioned before that I play trivia with a fantastic team on Thursdays. The only issue is we had not played in a considerable amount of time. Well we did but we went to other locations instead of our normal trivia Hangout. Tonight we came back and we were not sure how we would do. This particular group changes the rules fairly consistently and the games are very challenging and some of the facts are quite obscure.
We actually did quite well. But after two perfect rounds on strange items there was a series of questions about identifying WWE wrestlers and we didn’t do so hot there. Who knew?
My strange point is after two rounds we had a perfect score with some pretty challenging questions but on the third round we had to express a little humility simply because sometimes you don’t know everything. Maybe I should say all the time you don’t know everything.
It is my opinion the world would be a better place if we remembered that. I have said and will continue to say if you are 100% sure of your point of view it is time to re-examine it, as you are likely wrong. There are some things that are 100% fact but does it really matter? IS it so important to be right?
With that in mind please remember that if you disagree with somebody, if you are negative towards their point of view, you are a problem. I find myself saddened from time to time as I consider all of the people who rapidly discount others or wish them ill simply because they disagree. I really wish they would say I disagree with you but I want to hear your point of view.
So as the sun sets on another day I learn something new everyday. I used to be arrogant and almost antagonistic because I thought I knew more than everyone. I have found that I knew practically nothing and each day the world teaches me something new. That’s not to say that I don’t know anything, after all pi is equal to 3.14159 or so. It is to say that when I listen to others I feel humble in their presence because everyone has a different story to tell. Stop trying to know more than everyone else and start listening and along the way enjoy your moments, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and listen and hear…