It’s Alive! A Commentary on Creating and Building Your Own Personal Frankengod
Misery is having to accept the absolute truth, particularly when it steps on your toes and makes you feel uncomfortable. Or worse yet, when it directly challenges your preconceived beliefs and values… perhaps even your way of life. Ouch! But really… should anyone be forced to believe something that they simply do not want to believe, even if it IS the truth? How unfair is that! Someone points out the facts, on paper, in black and white. You resist, but they request that you at least give them a hearing. All right, you say, but your heart is not in it, and you really don’t want to listen to a word they’re saying. So you don’t. You just smile and nod semi-politely and pretend to hear them, while your mind snuggles itself against the mountain of unalterable convictions that reside in your head. There’s no law that says you have to let in new ideas and possibilities, even if they do make sense to some extent, even if they ARE spelled out in black and white. You still have every right to reject them, and you should do just that if they make you feel uneasy in any way.
