Make Sure Your Beliefs are Working for You

Beliefs. Wordcloud, by Dee

We can adjust our beliefs, as our understanding of ourselves and the world evolves and deepens.

What are Beliefs?

belief : something that is accepted, considered to be true, or held as an opinion : something believed

: conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belief

What shapes our beliefs?

What shapes our beliefs? Mine, yours, specifically and collectively, of our neighborhoods, cities, states, workplaces, countries, etc. We’ve seen a polarization politically and socially recently. Relationships have always been fraught, and with hard-won rights and freedoms for human beings with difficulties of various sorts, come complicated questions to grapple with. Power relationships are shifting. People, as well as communities and nations, hate change as much as they love progress and novelty.

Here’s the problem.