A long time ago, a man rode into a small town on horseback. He came up to the first person he saw, an old man sitting on his porch, and asked,Do we even begin to grasp how much our own filters and worldview colors our present reality? What would our life look like if we did?
“What are the people like here in this town?”
The old man leaned back on his chair, looked off into the distance, and said,
“Well stranger, what were they like where you lived before?”
The traveler said, “Those folks were the meanest, angriest, lying, cheating folks you’d ever want to meet. Why do you think I packed up and left?”
“That’s pretty much what you’ll find here too,” said the old man, “ya’ might want to keep ridin’.”
The first rider left, and not ten minutes later another man rode up and asked the same question,
“What are the people like here in this town?”
Again, the man leaned back in his chair, looked out from under his hat towards the hazy mountain range in the distance, and asked,
“Well stranger, what were they like where you lived before?”
The traveler said, “Well, they were about as good as you’d ever expect to find anywhere, kind-hearted, good-natured, friendly, and generous. To tell you the truth, I hated to leave.”
The old man smiled and said, “That’s pretty much what you’ll find here too. You’ll love it here.”
The Etymological Dictionary defines an iconoclast is a “breaker or destroyer of images” from the Late Greek word eikonoklastes. Later, an iconoclast was viewed as “one who attacks orthodox beliefs or institutions.” Today, iconoclasts like perceive things differently than other people - or maybe we just like to be annoying. Either way. This difference in perception plays out in our ideas, worldview and metaphysics - and in how we manage our fears and shadow self. It works well for me.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
That's pretty much what you'll find here too...
I have loved this story for years...and it has made an amazing difference in my life.
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