I've spent the better part of my adult life as a would-be philosopher. Anytime I have heard some new information, I've tried to examine it from every perspective so I could to determine if it was the truth or a lie, good news or bad (because if it's good for me, but bad for lots of other people that I care about, then is it really good news?). I would see if it was good for men and women, old and young, my race and other races, my income level and other income levels, my geographic location, etc. As you can tell from reading this, I've never made any snap decisions or offered a quick opinion on anything I've just learned. Analyzing a problem is always a good thing, but over analyzing really gets to be a drag. Besides, when you can see everybody else's side, do you even have a side anymore?(oops, too philosophical, forgive me, it's my first day)
I am going to take people at face value from now on. The only news I'm going to get worked up over are the things that directly affect myself and my family, or problems that I can actually do something about other than just complaining that they exist. I can't worry if Iran is building a nuclear bomb or not. I can't worry if genocide is taking place in some far away land. I can't even worry about what goes on in New York or California(never been to either place and I doubt I ever will). I got a college reading list and am now going to read all of the great fiction that I didn't then, or did but was too immature to fully understand. It's a voluntary, non-invasive, partial lobotomy. I could explain more about why I am doing this, but that would defeat the purpose of not over thinking the issue(this is not satire, my brain is just tired of being banged against the proverbial brick wall). Thanks.
