It's a Start
Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your
windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.
- Alan Alda
That is what I'm trying to do. I've found that I presume a great deal about the world, and I haven't really questioned these presumptions or assumptions since a very young age. A majority of my assumptions revolve around something I classify (I literally just came up with this) as "Hippie-ism." You know, growing your own food, walking or riding a bike instead of driving, that stuff. I have always dismissed it as extremist nonsense. So I've made some changes. I have started with recycling, then took on healthy food, then took on where my food comes from and how it is made. Now I ride my bike, longboard or take the bus to work. I no longer own a car (okay, I do own a Ducati motorcycle) and I'm considering growing a garden on my balcony. I don't know what's wrong with me, I think I'm becoming a hippie.
All of these things, recycling and the environment, exercising and eating healthily are good things, but they are Second Things. More on that later.