I am flexible
in my thoughts.
I’ve noticed
a lot of hubbub on facebook lately about politics and gun rights and religion and
stuff. But what I’ve noticed most of all is how everyone seems utterly convinced that their ideas are right and
everyone else is wrong. People seem to be unwilling to even look at the
other side because they fear that it might possibly sway them and that thought
alone drives a stake of terror through their political vampire hearts.
Let me let
you in on a secret: your ideals/beliefs/ideologies are not set in stone. The
only person who can set them in stone is you and whenever you do that, it’s
like putting concrete blocks on your feet. The
only place you’re going is down. I don’t care how much you hate the other
candidate, the other side, or women’s rights. The more steadfast you make
yourself in your stance, the high the wall for other people to climb over.
I’m all for
standing up for what you believe in. That’s a very important trait and it
should be celebrated. But you need to be willing to listen, to change and to
adapt. After all, if everyone stood by their own ideas and never updated their
practices, we would still be curing cancer with leeches and prayer circles.
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