Why You Think You’re Right — Even When You’re Wrong

I had mistakenly created a world I need to let go of

I need a new awareness

I need new beliefs

I need new questions

 

There is no reward for being confused

But if we make the contrary invisible

We will never change

 

We can keep being our own enemies

And focus on the facts that support our outlooks

And not be disturbed when someone says something different

 

But why shush them

When we can let them in?

Why hesitate to understand others

When they can challenge what we believe?

 

All we are is aching to be right

But this cannot happen

When all we see

Are people on the side of evil

There is no training for what we don’t know

But since I was trained to mistrust

My beliefs and values are stationary

Closed down

Constantly not exposed to questions

 

We are confused

We don’t listen

And we justify our actions

 

We are unwilling

Leaving ourselves exposed

To our own values being our standards

 

My positions disrespect me

Making me motivated to stay the same

And leaving my patience short

 

Closed down

Morals low

Knowledge limited

 

How can we change

When we are forced to believe in ourselves

Leaving other perspectives to be lost?

 

How can they and I become a gift

When these different perspectives are ignored?

Understanding Different Perspectives

How do we challenge ourselves and others

Rather than simply focusing on what we know?

What are we understanding

If we are always confused?