Guest posts are rare on Raptitude, but today my friend and fellow writer Lisis Blackston has come out of retirement to share some of her wisdom with us. Enjoy.
Sometimes it seems like everything we say on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, or even in conversations is either “preaching to the choir,” or “falling on deaf ears.” Readers and listeners have already decided what they choose to believe, and they pay attention only to whatever validates their predetermined opinions. They seek confirmation, rather than education or enlightenment.
No matter what they believe, they will always find that confirmation, because an argument can be made for just about anything. For instance, some ”truths” are complete opposites:
“He who hesitates is lost” and “Everything comes to he who waits.”
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder” and “Out of sight, out of mind.”
“Birds of a feather flock together” and “Opposites attract.”
So, why bother sharing our thoughts and opinions at all? Isn’t it a complete waste of time?
As a matter of fact, it isn’t. Tossing around ideas is a necessary part of our self-discovery process. Read More
I'm David and Raptitude is a street-level look at the human experience -- what makes human beings do what they do, and what that means in real life.
I write about how to make sense of the earth's most ridiculous animal, how to get better at being one of them, and how only those two things can save the world. 
Hi Julie, good to hear from you. I'm still determined to take a road trip across the south, then out to LA, but I don't know where it is in my always-growing sequence of upcoming trips. :)