Filter

We see everything through a filter as not only were we indoctrinated since birth, but along the way began to adopt a set of beliefs that correspond with a world view which suits us. It doesn't need to be perfectly true but more importantly it needs to feed our psychology. Sometimes our erroneous ideas hamper it.

The problem is that, if left unexamined, we can become stuck with ideas that are not only untrue but also reduce our ability to make judicious choices about our lives. 

This is where examining all of our thinking under a magnifying glass comes in. 

If we cannot explain to ourselves the why of our world view (which includes opinions on our own identities), you will be hard pressed to explain it to someone else. In other words we need to apply critical thinking to all of it and test from different angles to see if it holds up to scrutiny. 

Sometimes the right answer will be that you don't have all the facts and that's all right. You just need to be able to admit it.