The Formula for Society to Evolve: Part 1

Those who are not receptive to other's perception, good or bad, show weakness expanding knowledge and compassion towards humanity. Learning from other's failures has led me to a better path in life away from my self destructive lifestyle. No one is perfect and no one has all the answers. Instead of interpreting a message as negative, shift your perception 180 degrees through the other person's eyes. There, you will realize negative is confused with honesty. And because self denial limits humans to seek the deep inner truths of the soul, honesty can be difficult to accept. If you find yourself getting defensive to honest feedback good chance that is an indicator to look yourself in the mirror, become humble, and use as a point in time for self improvement. Our time in this reality is short not to make the best of it yet most wait till their life cycle is coming to an end to self reflect, regret all the what ifs, and make good with personal grudges. The reason humans wait is "The Fear of Confrontation". This may be one of the most difficult concepts for us to master, no matter age, education level, race, government, or religion, because it is not taught from a book. It takes practice and patience to master. We could all continue to live by the old quote most of us are taught as children "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all." This way we can pretend to be happy in life and hide from honesty along with the ability to improve. Me, I refuse to accept negative cycles in life and I feel we can all do much better. To improve as a society, we need to support each other and give solutions on how to improve. Remember too many critical and over analytical comments will result in a negative outcome. So start your morning off right by taking baby steps to improve the world and yourself by smiling, saying hello to your neighbors and friends while realizing they have a lot going on in their life just like you.

Chris Rutledge