Hi, yesterday we talked about how truth depends
on assumptions. That where we start shapes what
we believe. But over time, something else begins
to happen. Because our assumptions do not stay
ideas, they become patterns. Patterns in how
we think. Patterns in how we respond. Patterns
in what we expect to be true. And after a while,
those patterns can feel fixed. Like, this is
just the way things are. But math gives us a
different perspective. In math, we've seen that
when assumptions change, entire systems can change.
What once seemed impossible becomes understandable.
What once seemed confusing becomes clearer. And
that shift does not happen by accident. It begins
with a question, a willing to ask, what if I've
been starting in the wrong place? I have seen
something similar in my own life. There have
been ways of thinking that felt certain, ways
of seeing the world that felt settled. But over
time, through new experiences, new questions,
new conversations, those patterns began to shift.
Not all at once, but slowly. And when they did,
something opened. Something came alive. New understanding.
New perspective. New possibilities. And I think
that's one of the most hopeful ideas we've touched
on this week. That we are not locked into our
starting points. We are not trapped into our
patterns. We can grow. We can change. Not easily,
but in a real way. And when our thinking begins
to change, we do not just see the world differently.
We begin to ask different questions, and those
questions can lead us somewhere deeper. So my
question today is, where might my thinking have
become a fixed pattern? And what might happen
if I allow it to change?