“I suggest that you take certain general subjects on which you have strongly formed opinions
and examine them in the work you are doing by yourself and with your coworker. Take politics,
religion, your idea about love and sex, or whatever it is that concerns everyone to some extent.
What do you really think about it? Why? Think whether you would have the same opinion if you
had grown up in a different environment, if different influences around you had prevailed, or if your
life circumstances were different? This self-questioning is healthy because it will give you a more
objective outlook. One can find justification for almost any viewpoint. There is also always a point in the
opposite view. Try to see it. And then try to detect how subjective you may have been so far. It
will already be great progress if you can admit that you have a personal stake in holding on to your
opinion — that it is not based solely on objective deliberations. This self-honesty is of great benefit
to the soul.” –

Eva Pierrakos