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Tuesday 22 April 2014

Thing To Do Today: change your mind.

So there I was, just getting launched into a nice post about the word worry, when I was stricken with a sudden worry that I'd written about worry before. And it turns out that I have, so I'm going to have to change my mind.

Pity. I was looking forward to sharing the thought that it's possible to be worried about being worried by a dog.

Anyway: changing my mind.

Now. If you know and understand absolutely everything about a subject; if what you know has come from places that are absolutely to be trusted; if Time and Place and the evolving ways of the world will never have any effect on it; if Science can never throw any new light upon it; if sticking to your guns isn't going to make you more of a nuisance than a hero; and, if you aren't mistaking a principle for a fashion, then don't change your mind.

Otherwise, you really will have to move in order to keep up.

Okay?

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Thing To Do Today: change your mind. The word change comes from the Old French changier, from the Latin cambīre, to exchange or barter.
 






4 comments:

  1. Ah! For once I am ahead of the game! I already changed my mind earlier today. A couple of times!

    I wonder if a dog changes his mind when he's worrying a bone?!


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    1. A sign of sanity. Probably. At least, unless it's a sign of madness...

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  2. I change my mind at the drop of a hat. Anyone or anything can make me do it! I am the very opposite of stubborn. Some would say: Jellylike! Wobbly. Not firm....I have dug my heels in only once in my life but it was worth it. Should do it more often, maybe!

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    1. Ah, but then there's weakness and there's generosity of spirit, Adele: and I've never heard anyone call your weak.











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