It’s easy to confuse

facts and opinions.

It’s easy to forget

that opinions don’t matter outside my own head.

Precious thinking encourages life without opinions.

Stay neutral.

Objective.

Above it all.

That’s not possible.

Not for me.

Probably not for you either.

It’s impossible to observe something and not form an opinion.

My mind is always deciding what I think and how I feel.

Opinions and judgments aren’t optional.

Its not a matter of choice.

It’s a matter of awareness.

They’re necessary.

They make navigating reality possible.

They tell me why I believe something is true.

My troubles start when I confuse why I think it’s true

for the truth itself.

When my belief becomes fact

in my own story.

That’s when I stop listening.

That’s when I stop learning.

The paradox of opinion is:

The moment I treat my opinion as fact,

I lose the truth I was observing.