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How to Replace Judging With Learning
How to leave negative emotions out of the deep conversations we desperately need to have
The benefits of a sound and complete worldview provide a full bar of advantages in one’s life. Less confusion. More clarity. Greater vision. Deeper purpose. Stronger motivation. Powerful reasons for doing what you do. Meaning. Steadfast love. Resilient positivity. The list goes on. The point is this: holding to a worldview grounds you like an anchor in an otherwise chaotic world.
A worldview is more than just being happy. Augustine, Plato, Muhammad, Jesus Christ, Brad Pitt, Tom Brady, Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce, and many others well-steeped in diverse human experiences have said iterations of the fact that happiness is overrated. It’s fleeting. It’s not enough to base your life upon. It’s here and it’s gone and it’s back and it’s gone again, as reliable as the weather. We’re all searching for something deeper and more consistent than mere happiness.
A worldview is our personal treatment of truth, whether you believe truth is absolute or relative; everyone owns their worldview. It’s part of being human. You choose (at least, consciously) what you want to believe and not believe.
So what happens when a religion-leaning person and a science-leaning person and…
