New Ideas

Earlier today I posted a quote on our website that says:

"Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at."

~Unknown

I chose this quote because just this last week we had a group out at the BAC and they had a great amount of hostility for any new ideas that might come up within the group. The task I gave them was to keep a beach ball size rubber ball up in the air until each member of the group hit it once. Every time the ball would hit the ground they would have to start over. Naturally the game seemed so simple that every time the ball touched the ground accusations were thrown everywhere as to who's fault it was. Then it shifted to some people having new ideas and other "laughing" at them. For the record, the new ideas worked.

If every new idea were the obvious answer then there would be no growth within the group because everyone would know everything worth knowing. It's the new ideas that have to be tested that teach you new lessons in life and serve as the birthplace of knowledge. I know at times I think I have all the answers but maybe by me realizing that I'm also saying that I am prone to laugh at others' ideas if they don't agree with my own. Bummer!