Curious thought -

We all, in our sick, demented and twisted minds want everyone to be and think just like us.

True, we know that is silly when we actually dwell on it, but seriously….wouldn’t it be so much easier in life to have everyone just like us?

I mean, we wouldn’t have to explain ourselves on a consistent basis.

We would never be misunderstood.

It would spare us so much frustration in the fact that others didn’t like what we liked and didn’t like the things that we don’t like.

Why is it that even though we know this can never be, why do we continue to force out beliefs, views, opinions on others, and frustrate ourselves beyond belief?

And let’s look at it from the other side. Who do we allow into our own little belief system and give them access to the control knobs of our views and opinions?

We must be very careful who we conform our system to, because at some point we will be adamantly defending a belief as ours, and we must be sure we have owned it, and not just claimed we own it. Because once we get to the point of defending a point of view, we cannot possibly understand how deep our defensiveness will run into the other person. Are we willing to risk changing another person for a cause we are not totally prepared to own as our own?

Am I the only one that thinks this way? Please tell me "no" because if I am the only one, that makes me what? Crazy?