We change our minds

Our ideas about ourselves and the world evolve if we question them. As we reflect and use critical thinking we begin to see where we might have been wrong over concepts perhaps we thought were sacrosanct.

The most difficult concepts are of course philosophical, political, religious and any ideas steeped in the softer sands of human psychology. They are more malleable and prone to change as we live longer and examine their veracity under real conditions.

We are most prone to be misled in our youth but then there are plenty of adults who are empty vessels just waiting to be filled with propaganda. They will listen to a source and trust it often because it feeds preconceived notions we want to be true.

Throughout my writing over the years my mind has been changed and I have refined my thinking on many things including of course the topic of gender variance. If we are to examine things honestly we need to be prepared to accept that sometimes we might be wrong.