Keeping an open mind is very mindful.

Some wise men have said that “No way of thinking is too sacred to be reconsidered. And no way of doing things is beyond improvement.” If we are ready to make amendements to our ideas and beliefs given suitable reasons for the same, then we’re very less likely to feel troubled at any point of life and would be on a path of perpetual growth.

The issue is we attach ourselves emotionally to our beliefs and then when they’re challenged by some other views, we become insecure and find it to be some kind of personal attack. Rather, if we were to process the new idea that we’ve come across rationally and see if it could actually be an rectification to what we believed, life would become way more simpler.

Sometimes, people even fail to analyze why they believe what they believe. If we have strong valid reasons for believing what we believe in, we’d be very confident in explaining our point of view to others. Sometimes, it might happen that what we believed until now might not be valid in later course of time. In such situations, if we are able to find strong supporting evidence to the fact that we were under the dark all this while, then we should be able to immediately make amendments to our belief system. At the end, the motive should always be to believe in the right thing.

As we think, so we do. If we make a habit of growing ourselves with respect to our thoughts and ideas, the same habit can be and should be applied to our actions. As of now, we have certain set of ideas in our mind of doing certain things. Now, one fine day someone might guide you about doing something that you used to do in a better way. Many of us might get defensive of our way of doing that thing. Others would cherish the fact that they just improved themselves in some manner. Life long learning and growth should be the agenda any day and everyday.