We need more wondering and less pontificating.
One problem with the media today: almost zero dialogue and listening. PBS’s Charlie Rose looks like he wants to learn something and Larry King (bye Larry) seemed genuinely curious. So many of the rest are about talking points, or making fun of worthy opponents’ worst ideas.
What is the level of your thinking recently?
Have you gotten confused by the social experiment called democracy−how can we have individual rights and majority rule and make it all work?
Wonder when your religion’s traditions are a burden and when they are a beauty?
Studied the federal budget instead of being sure of your position?
Wondered when a constitutional amendment needs updating and when they should not be tinkered with?
Or on a more personal level:
Are you wondering whether you will take the promotion you are being offered or stay where you are, even if the pay may not reflect your full potential.
Are you wondering if you should tell your husband he is not spending enough time with the family even though his job is so demanding right now…
This is the kind of thinking I admire…no quick answers, only paradoxes and worthy dilemmas as you balance decisions defined by competing values.
I Iike this quote from Thomas Moore about our thinking.
Rooted in holy uncertainty we are left with approximations. The point of thinking is to stand in wonder after we reach the edge of our understanding.
What if we had more holy uncertainty and hugged a paradox everyday?