Crisis

No change is going to occur unless someone experiences a crisis in their thinking. But this is rare.
Naked Pastor

Unfortunately this is how we’re wired. I’ve been fortunate in certain areas to push myself to a crisis point – I don’t like mental dissonance and questions that tear at the fabric of the topic. It means something isn’t elegant. Something is out of place. The mental furniture is blocking the sunlight coming through the window. Move the furniture.

Furniture is everything you thought you knew to be right and true. Take it, move it. Just see what it looks like in the other corner, facing the wrong direction. Jumble it around. Don’t be a stick in the mud. Try a little experimenting, thinking out of the box. And when the conclusion that you though least viable starts looking like a real solution – have your mental crisis.

People only change as a result of something massive that shifts their entire worldview. Whether it is someone you loved totally screwing you over, and therefore you can’t trust people, or someone treats you in such an unexpected way you start to believe in people again. When you can, alter someone else’s worldview. When you can, alter your own. Change is good.