Changing your mind

“It’s not too late to change your mind.”

We hear this phrase before someone is about to undergo elective surgery. Or before they do something brave and dangerous. Or before they’re about to do something that may be irreversible.

But even outside of these cinematic moments, the phrase holds.

History. Racism. Discrimination. Poverty. Injustice.

What we know and what we believe about these topics — where we’re educated and where we’re ignorant — can be changed.

We can read. We can learn. We can suspend our prejudices.

More than anything, we can be better listeners. We can open our eyes.

Why? Because it’s not too late to change your mind.

Young or old. Powerful or weak. It’s not too late. We can change.