Negotiating with Reality.
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 8:35 am
I woke up this morning with random thoughts about reality. I've tried to divide them into rules and guidelines. Here goes.
#1. You/I could be wrong. I put this in the rule category. I know people who are very uncomfortable with this
, so maybe guideline might be considered in negotiating.
#2. Life is hard, so be forgiving. I put this in the guideline category. Life is harder for some than others. If we think of the story the author of "Amazing Grace" we all should be forgiving. But forgiveness may take time.
#3. Everyone's reality is different, more or less. This is a rule. If you disagree, your reality is different than mine.
#4. People choose to avoid uncomfortable reality/facts, otherwise know as cognitive dissonance. This is a rule! How could anyone deny this? their denial proves it.
#5. I forgot some others that I was dreaming about. What would you add?
#1. You/I could be wrong. I put this in the rule category. I know people who are very uncomfortable with this

#2. Life is hard, so be forgiving. I put this in the guideline category. Life is harder for some than others. If we think of the story the author of "Amazing Grace" we all should be forgiving. But forgiveness may take time.








#3. Everyone's reality is different, more or less. This is a rule. If you disagree, your reality is different than mine.



#4. People choose to avoid uncomfortable reality/facts, otherwise know as cognitive dissonance. This is a rule! How could anyone deny this? their denial proves it.


#5. I forgot some others that I was dreaming about. What would you add?