“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.” -Gerry Spence
Many of the beliefs we consider facts are really just things we wish were true–comforting ideas that we’re scared to release.
The world and people feel a lot safer when you think you have them pegged, but the truth is that there’s far more we don’t know than do know, and that will likely always be the case.
If we can let go of our need to know and be right, we can be amazed, inspired, motivated, challenged, and filled with wonder every day.
If we can accept that more often than not, there is no definite answer, we can connect through our collective vulnerability instead of separating through our individual understandings.
We are all in this together–in a world rife with unknowns.
Here’s to drawing one less unnecessary line in the sand today. Here’s to believing more in each other than in our interpretations of what’s true. Here’s to opening up to what’s possible instead of clinging to what seems probable.
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About Lori Deschene
Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha. She started the site after struggling with depression, bulimia, c-PTSD, and toxic shame so she could recycle her former pain into something useful and inspire others to do the same. You can find her books, including Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal and Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal, here and learn more about her eCourse, Recreate Your Life Story, if you’re ready to transform your life and become the person you want to be.
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Though I run this site, it is not mine. It's ours. It's not about me. It's about us. Your stories and your wisdom are just as meaningful as mine. 
My Zen teacher Jane Shuman speaks so often about something she learned from Darlene Cohen: Choose connection over opinion. So much of what we think we know is only opinion, and pressing our opinions on others often creates conflict. Connection leaves all the doors open.
Right on, Lori. On the other side of every present moment is the unknown.
My way of life is a 12 step program and after several years I hit a spiritual wall and I found admitting that I don’t really know anything, especially in regards to my higher power, has liberated me in ways I can’t find words wonderful enough to describe. I am freed from judging others or myself, free to truly live in today and free to be grateful. Not knowing is where I find my spiritual connection that keeps me clean. Thank you for our post. As the master said “not knowing is closest”.