Tweaking

Developing a philosophical viewpoint is not easy. Too many contradictions in life abound. It takes a while for one to ferret out the patterns that exist for a viewpoint to come into focus. Then there's always the politics of developing a viewpoint. What if one finds that others don't agree or care for the viewpoint at which he arrives. Then one tweaks a little more. After all of this, then what's a philosophical viewpoint for? I think it is to learn tolerance because viewpoints merely reflect the slice of life to which one has been exposed. All one has to do is move 300 miles from the place he lives to find that the slice of life is different. 1000 miles yields a larger difference. By the time a person has lived 5 decades, he has seen a number of different slices of life to which to compare his philosophy. That's why a viewpoint is nearly always in a developing stage. And that's why the development of it is best when taken gradually. Time breaks down the resistance to change that we naturally have. It's probably true, then, that a philosophical viewpoint and wisdom are the same. It is said that wisdom comes with age. Certainly a finely honed viewpoint comes with age. Hone on, I guess.