Transform a Confusing World
We live in a day and age where the truth has never been harder to find. Hackers post all kinds of fake news and play with our systems, the camera can be made to lie thanks to available photo-editing software, and keyboard warriors have a fine time researching the hot topics of the day and sharing the information that makes sense to them. Let's spare a thought for cognitive bias at this point. The point of my work with Transform is to help people transform their world, their reality, by transforming their mind, as such there's a strong need nowadays to protect your mind with the ferocity of a Ninja faced with a rogue Transformer. In order to protect your mind you need to be sure that the thoughts in it are yours and only yours, and that you don't land up arguing your point pointlessly on social media, when you could be doing better things. Although subjects such as covid, race, gender, government, are extremely important, there's very little point in arguing with someone whose mind is made up. That doesn't mean that you don't care, far from it, you try to share an opinion but if you quickly find that the other person or people are unable to discuss, then it's better to pull back, respectfully allow them their opinion, as you would wish yours to be respected, and get the heck out of there whilst your mind is still intact. Everyone possesses cognitive bias, I studied history to degree level and discovered that two authoritative books could come to opposite conclusions about something that factually happened, and the field of history would split behind one book or the other. Once something has happened or is happening it's mainly all down to what feels comfortable in our minds and hearts, and what makes sense personally. Basically, if you want to stay sane, avoid stress, and take care of your mental health, it's better to actively get involved with a group that is tackling the things that matter to you, than it is to thunder away on your keyboard trying to change the mind of someone who's trying to change yours. To your happiness. Deb