Oct
Think It Through
Heathenism is a thinking person’s religion. At its heart, it is practical and reasonable. Knowing that this world is a spiritual as the next, we know that anything that is truly spiritual must be practical. Blind faith has no place here. Faith only works when it is based on results rather than wishes. Blind faith hopes what it believes. Heathen faith knows what it believes from experience.
There are a few religions out there that deride the intellect in favor of blind faith. That is foolish. Intelligence is practical and spiritual. Willful ignorance is an exercise in stupidity. There is nothing practical nor spiritual there. In my experience and through many years of observation, stupidity is the father of many a tragedy. On the other hand, reason and thought are the parents of many a good outcome.
Many people run into trouble because they do not think before they act. They see an opportunity and jump on it before they have given it any thought. More often than not, these folks have had more than their share of problems as a result of it.
We had a saying: Think it through. That meant that when a situation arose, the first thing is to think it through to its likely consequences. Act only when you have thought it through. Something this simple can help you avoid a lot of unhappiness. Think it through before you act. A little thought is like an ounce of prevention.
Our capacity to think is a spiritual gift. We have the power of reason for a purpose. Use it! Good thinking leads to good results.
