Do you know what @bleujay out of all the principals you have covered on your blog this post has been the one that has challenged me the most, and even though I agree with you when it comes to your principals and there is no doubt you and I are on the same page most of the time, this latest principal I can not fully embrace and agree with. Allow me to explain.

I truly believe that while it is true we can change ourselves if we have the desire and will to do so I also believe that we can change others. But I would say that we can not change most people, but for a few we do have the power to change their thinking and in so doing their behaviour. After all if we could never influence other peoples' minds from time to time then there would be little hope for the human race.

I'm sure you yourself on the rare occasion have been persuaded by someone's powerful argument to change your position on a certain topic, no? Perhaps you haven't but I know that I have.

People can change people. It does happen. Sometimes it is a minor influence other times it is more pronounced and leads to a significant change in that person's life. While most people are stubborn and inflexible, many are not.

What I found most interesting about your post is the sentence in which you say What we can change is our attitude toward the thinking of the other person. That gave me something to think about for sure. Let's be honest most of the time we can not change peoples' opinions but if we adapt our thinking about their thinking we might just be able to get through to them and with perseverance eventually change their thinking.

I hope that makes sense.


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