C: Do You Like to be Challenged?
I just finished a book recommended to me by my son called Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. Son gave it to me for two reasons: 1) He liked it; and 2) He knows I like the challenge of examining my own position on things and examining my beliefs. I am just wondering: Am I unusual in this preference? Or are most of you out there like this? I ask because I have friends who distinctly do not like—even avoid—having their cherished beliefs challenged. I actually relish it. And I think it sometimes makes me look like a troublemaker. You need to know this about me: Just because I voice a proposition does not necessarily mean I subscribe to it. If you ask me, I’ll tell you whether I am mulling over something that I’m just exploring or if I’m laying something on the table that I believe is a truth (getting rarer all the time, I’ll say, having learned in my old age that there are far fewer absolutes than I once thought). I just forget to distinguish...