Question and Thought for the Day January 4, 2025

Question of the Day

What’s a belief or idea you’ve completely changed your mind about?

Thought of the Day

Reality might not care what you want.

Reality is stubborn. It doesn’t care about your dreams, your ambitions, or the neatly laid-out plans you scribbled down in a notebook. It doesn’t care about fairness, justice, or what you think you deserve. It just is.

This sounds harsh, right? But accepting that reality is indifferent can be one of the most liberating truths you’ll ever come to terms with. It means you can stop waiting for the universe to hand you what you want. Instead, you can focus on adapting, adjusting, and figuring out how to work with reality instead of fighting against it.

Because the truth is, life isn’t a movie script where you can will things into existence with the power of positive thinking alone. Sure, mindset matters. But mindset without action? That’s a wish. And reality doesn’t grant wishes.

Instead, reality rewards those who show up, who get back up after they fall, and who learn to pivot when the original plan doesn’t pan out. It rewards those who play the cards they’re dealt rather than wishing they had a different hand.

Here’s where it gets interesting: accepting reality doesn’t mean giving up on your dreams. It just means recognizing that your path may look different than you expected. You can want something with all your heart, but if you don’t understand the rules of the game you’re playing, you’ll be stuck spinning your wheels.

Sometimes, the hardest part of growing up is realizing that life doesn’t owe you anything. But once you let go of that expectation, you start to see the world with clearer eyes. You stop wasting energy on what should be and start focusing on what is.

That’s when you begin to take control of your story.

Question of the Day: What’s a belief or idea you’ve completely changed your mind about?

It’s funny how life works. We hold certain beliefs so tightly that we think they’re carved into stone—unchangeable, permanent truths. But life has a way of challenging those beliefs when we least expect it. The older we get, the more we realize that changing your mind isn’t a weakness. It’s a sign of growth.

Maybe you used to believe that people couldn’t change—that once someone showed their true colors, that was it. But over time, maybe you saw someone transform their life in a way that you never thought possible. Maybe that belief softened.

Or maybe you used to think that success meant climbing the corporate ladder and earning a six-figure salary. But now, success looks more like time with family, a slower pace of life, and finding joy in the little things.

Changing your mind doesn’t make you inconsistent. It makes you adaptable. It means you’re learning, evolving, and letting go of ideas that no longer serve you.

So, what’s a belief you’ve completely changed your mind about? And what made you change it? Share your thoughts in the comments—I’d love to hear your story.