your own choice or contagion?

​Paul Marsden said that he was absolutely right! If you look back over history, human beings have always assimilated new ideas, beliefs, behaviours, and religions by being in close contact and learning from each other. The indigenous peoples of North America knew nothing of the the beliefs, behaviours or religions of the rest of the world before men from Europe landed on their shores. All of that was spread by contagion (as were a host of other things!). What this means is that we have been handed down beliefs from our ancestors that are many thousands (maybe millions!) of years old. You are making decisions today based on ideas that are thousands of years old. Based on what, tradition? Does that sound right to you? Don't be afraid to buck the system and make decisions that feel right to you. You are a unique and powerful being. Be an individual. Go down that road less traveled. Develop some of your own beliefs. Disrupt old and established ideas. "We've always done it this way," is a phrase that I hate to hear when I ask why something is done a certain way. There's always a better way. Find it.