I am a hard-headed, opinionated person.
I will dig my heels in if anyone tries to make do something I don’t want to do. The medical community loves people like me. 
I will passionately defend the things I like and love.
I was telling my son yesterday that a lot of my prayer time goes something like this, “No! I don’t want to do that!”
“Amy, you need to stop. I need you to do what I’m asking.”
“No! I can’t! It will make me look weak!”
“Amy.”
“Fine. Okay. I’ll do it.”
There was a time in my life where I NEVER, EVER questioned anything I did, believed, or liked. I knew I was right 100% of the time.
Until, I met my match in my husband and he shattered my preconceived notions about Catholicism. I had been so wrong—so very wrong—in my understanding of Catholicism. It was utterly humbling.
To my credit, though, I took this information Dustin was giving me and I started educating myself. It was hard to say I was wrong, but it was even harder to be embarrassed by willful ignorance.
As you obviously know, I changed my mind about Catholicism because I was willing to follow the truth.
Most of us dig our heels in when someone attacks something we like, a politician we idolize, or a behavior we engage in.
Just this past week, I was confronted with the knowledge that something I liked, actually wasn’t good and I shouldn’t permit it in my life. I wanted to buck against what I was being told, though. Ultimately, I realized the person was right and I needed to let the thing go.
We have to be critical thinkers, Catholic Pilgrims, especially when it comes to things of this world. We can never arrive at the truth if we refuse to critically think or evaluate our or other’s behaviors, actions, or thoughts.
Have a blessed Friday.
