The Power of "What if...?"

You know how there are certain things that we just automatically reject or accept without really thinking about it? What if some of those things turn out to actually be true (or not true)?

Let’s deal first with the things we reject. Even though the odds might be one in a million that it is true, what if the world really does end on December 21, 2012? Let me be clear. I am not in any way stating that it will happen because I honestly do not believe that it will. I am just using it as an example of something that someone states and someone else rejects without thought. What if there really are extraterrestrials living among us? What if some people really can communicate with the dead? What if we really do create our own reality with our thoughts?

Again, I am not proposing that any of the above are true (or are not) but the mental exercise of examining the impact on your life can tell you a lot about yourself.

Before you dismiss it completely, remember that there were times in our history when people outright rejected the idea that the earth revolved around the sun, that disease is caused by living organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye and there is no such thing as a “solid” object. Today’s fiction is often tomorrow’s fact.

Now, getting a little more personal, what are some of the things that you automatically accept without really thinking about it? For example, what if there really isn’t (or really is) a heaven, hell or God, depending on what you currently believe? What if death is not inevitable? What if electrons approaching the speed of light really can disappear and reappear, go back in time and change locations without apparent cause?

It is not the purpose of this article to get you to change your mind about anything. The purpose is to encourage you not to accept or reject any idea without considering the possibility that you just might be wrong.