“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
by George Bernard Shaw
That is how I see being a Progressive; constantly moving forward; keeping self moving forward by my willingness to change, hopefully for the better, when I feel stuck, bored or doing/thinking the same thing, same way, over and over again expecting a different result.
I use to be a political junkie but to no avail. I couldn't change anything except myself.
I doubt I even convinced or changed anyone else's view point or actions with my support, opinions, rants or rages, sit-ins, protests, beliefs, ideas, etc., etc.
I have literally changed my thinking about almost every major belief, loyalty, political stance, religious following, life's lessons over the years, mostly because they were not working correctly any more. I think I was Shocked awaken from 'the dreams of others' I had been living and believing in.
At first I was Mad, then Sad, but now I am Glad.
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