When what you want isn’t what you need!
I do try and maintain an open mind, it is something that I am particularly keen on, however, I was stopped dead in my tracks recently when I undertook a survey on the http://glassbooth.org/ questionnaire, that claims to match your beliefs and desires with the most appropriate political party/candidate.
The party I favoured was highlighted as the worse match, the party I regarded as the least relevant was the best match, and the party I hold in the upmost contempt was only very slightly less compatible - achieving 2nd place.
What was gained from this experience? Well as I don’t have a vote in the UK, the favoured party will not receive any benefit of my new wisdom, however, it did make me realise that no matter how open minded we think we are, no matter how receptive to new ideas, at some point we can find ourselves taking a stand on something that proves to be of little relevance or purely a subjective point of view.
Sometimes, what we think we want turns out to be the opposite of what we actually need. Take the test, I am sure it will surprise a few of you.
