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“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance” - Orville Wright We use to believe, at one point in time, that our world was flat. I guess we can say we were pretty much wrong on that one. And then we use to believe (or at least the Church sure did) that the Earth was the center of the Universe, and everything revolved around it. But thanks to people like Copernicus and Galileo - we now know that isn't true either. Galileo actually did some time over this one. "Heresy", the Church yelled. "But yet it moves", replied Galileo. You know the Catholic Church finally forgave old Galileo and admitted their mistake - in 1992? In the early 1900's, a couple of brothers from Indiana had a wild thought. They said "We're going to fly". The town folks sure had a good laugh over that one. Good thing Orville and Wilbur were "Wright" (ouch - pardon the pun  ) or it would still take us forever to travel abroad. Anyone old enough to remember a certain President who in the 1960's said we would one day go to the moon? Did the people laugh? They sure did. Did we go to the moon? Got the moon rocks and the Tshirt to prove it. We usually are....wrong you know. Just look back at history. We believe we're smart - we believe we're right, but usually we're not. Our beliefs limit us. Problem is - they're usually not our beliefs, they're someone elses and we just go along with them. Don't want to stand out and be wierd or anything. Gotta go with the flow, fit in, be a part of the crowd. Remember Noah? Yeah, he was wierd. Building a ARK of all things, right out in the middle of the desert. Not a cloud in the sky. What a moron. What's he smoking? Quick, take a picture, we HAVE to get this guy on YouTube. {drip} {drip} Damn - we were wrong again. The lesson here is simple. Don't simply believe something is true, just because everyone tells you it is. And by everyone I mean your parents, your teachers, even your Church. Learn to think for yourself. Question everything. And the amazing thing is, once you prove them wrong, then everyone will see how easy it is. Remember Roger Bannister? They said, "No one can run a mile in under 4 minutes" "It's physically impossible". Once he did it, just six weeks laer John Landy followed suit with 3 minutes 57.9 seconds breaking Bannisters record. Roger just had to show it was possible. So now the question now is, what beliefs do YOU have? "I'll never lose weight", "I'll never get married", "I'll never get out of debt", "I don't believe in Rincarnation", "I don't believe in ghosts","The only way to get to Heaven is through the Christian Church"........ Know what? I bet you're wrong.
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