Know it all

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Sometimes we hear someone sharing a message and our automatic response is one of rejection.

It passes our ears or the words pass our eyes and we pass over it and that
thought creeps into our mind that says:

"Pffft! Whose this fool? What have they got to teach me? What do they think they know better than me? I don't have to listen to this nonsense!"

Admit it, you've found yourself doing this. Perhaps the words in your mind varied from these, but I'm certain that most of us have found ourselves thinking something similar in response to another person trying to share information with us. Not all the time, but sometimes for sure, we reject people and what they have to say immediately.

Why do we do that? Why are there just some folks that we instantly reject and make a sharp mental decision that we know better than they do? Is it their presentation perhaps? Do they just seem too over the top for us to acknowledge? Do they challenge our comfortable paradigm with their radical ideals?

Is it jealousy? Does dealing with them make us angry at ourselves and force us to face our own short-comings so we build an immediate and intense wall of ego to block them out?

We see someone, whether it be in person, on television or on the computer or even hear them on the radio and we make an immediate judgement in our mind about them and somehow determine that we know better than they do and nothing they have to say is worth while. After that, anything they have to say falls on deaf ears because your swelled up ego is standing in the way telling you that you are the know-it-all and this fool has nothing valuable to offer you.

We don't listen. We don't listen. And we do this more often than we care to admit. Us humans go around on a daily basis with our minds conveniently distracted by our mental to-do lists that we've created all on our own...and behind that is the bevy of problems (many of which also self inflicted) that clog up the second layer of thought. Once in a while we hear someone with something to say and many times we shut it out. We hear, but we don't listen. We rarely listen.

What are we missing? Hmmm?

Stand still for a moment. Shut down all the chatter in your mind. Listen. Who is trying to tell you something? Are you rejecting them immediately? Why? Put your ego away. You're not a know-it-all. Everyone has something to learn and everyone has something valuable to share with at least one other person. Maybe it's you. Listen. You may just find that the message is helpful to you. Alot is going to be noise, but sometimes there's a message waiting for you if you are willing to hear it. The problem is that we stand in our own way most of the time and we can't hear anything but the sound of our own voice clamoring on.

Are you rejecting this? Are you thinking that you are in-fact a know-it-all and there isn't any fool out there that has anything valuable to teach you? Yeah? Hows that working out for you?

Keep in mind that most successful, happy and fulfilled people are open to learning from others. They observe. They filter, but they listen. They listen. And yes some information is hogwash but some is golden...and a lot of the time that golden secret comes from unlikely sources. You'll never get to the gold unless your willing to listen and learn. And first you have to humble yourself and realize that we've all got something to learn. We all have room to grow. Your way, my friend, may not be the right way after all. There may be a better idea out there for you.

The point is folks - relax, open up. Be open to learning more. Be willing to hear something new. Judge less, listen more. Hear the message and allow the universe to help you.





Do it intentionally, do it on purpose, do it with audacity. Ease up, smile and be willing to get happier.


xoxoxo