Room Numbers

We got new room numbers at work this week. And most of them were pretty straight...except one...mine. My room number was about 10 degrees off kilter. It drove my co-workers to distraction, to the point that we got a level out to prove that we weren't going crazy. We were right -- it was crooked. Or at least the level said it was crooked and we assumed the level was a reliable standard because it matched our original opinion. If it hadn't agreed, we probably would have thrown out the level and continued looking for another way to prove our point.
How often we do this in life. We look for a standard -- like public consensus -- or an interpretation of a standard -- like the Bible -- that we agree with. Often, we don't care whether it is true.
Alternatively, sometimes we use our opinion as our standard and then go about build our lives based on that opinion. Even when it is not working in our lives and our "room numbers" are all obviously crooked, we cling to our opinions unwilling to let them go -- even when they don't match reality.
Ps. Thank you maintenance for coming to fix my room number! And thank you for the spiritual lesson.

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