Closed Minds

I love Elvis Presley's Suspicious Minds truly one of his all time greats. I look back at that era leading to the 70's which was leaving behind the restrictions and repressions of a society and embracing a more open and relaxed one. People rose up and revolted against the mainstream, Vietnam being a case in point. It was one of the greatest periods in time where ideas flourished and people's inhibitions were relaxed, some to the point where flower child was the only description for them.

Boundaries certainly were crossed and in some respects that was to the betterment of society. I shudder today at the thought of the political Tea Party gaining a foothold. We do need to be vigilant as a society and as an individual against extremism.

I look back over my life and am grateful I met and married an individual with strong moral values but the ability to move his boundaries in line with clear thinking and applied logic. To have a closed mind negates the ability to see the other's point of view. This is imperative not only in day to day life but in the higher echelons of world government.

If there is one thing we taught our children albeit unconsciously at times it was to try to think laterally and when I look at the adults they have become it is apparent the lessons were learnt.

We need more and more open minded people on our planet otherwise we are doomed to regress to a more rigid mindset and repressed society.