Why Is It So Hard To Change Our Minds?

Are you aware of why you do the things you do or think certain things? Most of us believe we are open to new ideas. But are we? What happens when someone challenges something we’ve believed for years—or suggests that what we’ve always done might be wrong? Do we examine the evidence, or immediately begin […]

Critical Thinking

  Critical thinking— A forgotten skill. Once was a given, And should be still!   Too long expected To accept the norm. No thought employed— What’s the harm?   Perhaps the norm Came into being Through long ago times— No insight seeing.   Critical thinking Can be unsettling— Why rock the boat? Are we just […]

When Did We Stop Asking Why?

And What Happens When We Do Children ask “Why?” constantly; somewhere along the way, most of us stop—and that may be more dangerous than we realize. When children are young, “Why?” seems to follow almost everything we tell them. They want to understand, and they usually take their questions to the people they trust most. […]