What do you believe?

When I was young, I had some pretty interesting beliefs about the way things worked; like listening to the radio. One day, when we were driving in the car, I asked my mom a question that had been on my mind for several days. "How big is the lobby at KSFO radio station?" My mom looked a bit surprised, and said, "Why do you ask?" I launched into my question, "I was just wondering where all the bands and singers sit while they wait to play their songs?" My mom kind of laughed and said, "The bands and singers don't have to show up at the radio station because the radio station plays records." That never occurred to me because I had made a picture in my mind of how things were. I shrugged and thought, 'Hmmm, that makes a lot of sense'. But the cool thing about being a kid is that you can let go of something that you think is a certain way when you discover it to be different, and you don't beat yourself up for thinking it was the way it was. When we get older, I think it is strange how people hang on to their beliefs, even when contrary evidence is staring them in the face. If we understand that things are always changing, we can exchange stale thoughts for fresh ones that honor where we are in our evolution, without dissing where we have been. That is the sweet spot.