Paradigm Shifts

Isn't it interesting how we can go through life with some assumption and never question it always assuming it to be correct, then one day everything changes? These basic assumptions are our paradigm. Then when one day these assumptions are challenged the result is a paradigm shift. Life is all about paradigm shifts. If we don't have paradigm shifts then we are most likely not growing or learning.

So why do I mention that? Odd story. A friend of mine had a cobweb on his desk. I pointed it out and said how I thought it was interesting that they looked like spider webs, but they weren't. He told me they were actually spider webs. I had heard they were just made from dust and that there was no spider involved.

I decided to look it up. Turns out he was right and I was wrong. A cobweb is made by a spider. Here I have been going through life operating under this assumption and whamo, one day it all changes.

Sure, this isn't as big of a paradigm shift as many of the others that are out there, but it is indicative of how we have things we never think to question, and we just go along happily thinking it is right. It is important to be open minded since you never know when things will shift, but don't be so open minded that your brain falls out.

Subject tags: [Paradigm] [Assumption] [Cobweb] [Paradigm Shift] [Life] [Open Mind]