Can I Change Your Mind?

When was the last time you changed your mind?

Not because someone argued you into submission. Not because they overwhelmed you with facts or made you feel backed into a corner.

But because something—a story, a moment, a question—stuck with you.

Because someone you respected saw things differently.
Because you experienced something you never had before.
Because you caught yourself wondering, '“What if I’ve been looking at this the wrong way?”

Most of us like to believe we’re open-minded, that we think for ourselves. But if we’re honest, changing our minds is one of the hardest things to do.

It means admitting we didn’t always have the full picture.
It means realizing the world is bigger than just our experiences.
It means sitting in the discomfort of not having all the answers.

That’s why real change doesn’t happen in debates, arguments, or shouting matches.

It happens in quiet moments. A book that lingers in your thoughts. A conversation you replay in your head days later. A person you never expected to respect, but do.

So no, I don’t expect to change your mind today.

But if something here makes you pause, if something lingers just long enough to make you think—then maybe, that’s how change begins.