Blog 3217 – 08.23.2024

A Change of Thinking

How long since you changed your mind or thinking on any subject? I am thinking of a chili commercial where the Texas cowboy asks, “How long since you had chill?” and then answers his own question, “That’s too long!”

If we constantly expose our brain to new and varied facts it is natural that our thinking and opinions should change or evolve. Many of us mistake looking for evidence to confirm and support our paradigms and already engrained opinions and beliefs with being open-minded. The truly open-minded are always testing their opinions and belief against the evidence not to prove their theories, but to find what works best.

The phrase, “I let go of beliefs that are no longer serving me” is what I am talking about. How long since you put away or let die a natural death a belief that you once were quite sure of but found to no longer serve you? Well, friends, that’s too long.

The young people at the turn of the century had a saying that I still find to be appropriate for this day in which we live. It goes, “Free your mind and the rest will follow.”

Your friend and fellow traveler,

David White