Changing One's Mind
HY is it thought wrong for you to change your mind-a sign of weakness and stupidity if you don’t always think the same? Why should people be. strong-minded -- simply because they have remained of the same opinion about most things from the cradle to the grave? I don’t think there’s anything to boast about in that. I think we lose a lot of fun. You know there is a great deal of nonsense talked about not changing your mind. I have a friend who is interested in every new shade of thought, every religious faith, every political creed. She loves to learn and-although she is not at all young now-she is always learning. For that reason, she sometimes alters her mind. I once heard someone accuse her of it: "Oh, but you are always changing your opinions; I remember you thought quite differently last year." That was an accusation-it meant in other words-you’re fickle; it’s no use attaching any weight to anything you say. But my old friend didn’t mind a bit; she just laughed and said, "Of course I alter my mind. Why not? What else are minds for? Why, how dull I should become if I never moved with the times." She was quite shameless about it. That’s an interesting point of view, you see-she has the adventurous type of mind that likes to experiment here, try this new idea, and that, have a go at anything. I think it’s a very good type of mind. I am sure that all th® adventure and change keeps my old friend young. On the other hand an old man I know was very severe about it; he said, "It’s a pity Mrs. O. is so changeable; always hankering after new ideas, always altering her opinions. Now that’s a thing I’m never guilty of; if I make up my mind about a thing, I very seldom see any reason to change it." See any reason? That’s just what he won’t see. You could tell that by looking at him-for he is a very dull old man, After all, living with the same ideas and opinions all your Jife would make you dull,
don’t you think?-
(Mrs.
Mary
Scott
"The Morning
Spell: Changing One’s Mind,’ 2YA September 28).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 68, 11 October 1940, Page 5
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379Changing One's Mind New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 68, 11 October 1940, Page 5
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