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Hi, yesterday we talked about how truth depends

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on assumptions. That where we start shapes what

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we believe. But over time, something else begins

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to happen. Because our assumptions do not stay

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ideas, they become patterns. Patterns in how

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we think. Patterns in how we respond. Patterns

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in what we expect to be true. And after a while,

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those patterns can feel fixed. Like, this is

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just the way things are. But math gives us a

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different perspective. In math, we've seen that

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when assumptions change, entire systems can change.

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What once seemed impossible becomes understandable.

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What once seemed confusing becomes clearer. And

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that shift does not happen by accident. It begins

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with a question, a willing to ask, what if I've

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been starting in the wrong place? I have seen

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something similar in my own life. There have

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been ways of thinking that felt certain, ways

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of seeing the world that felt settled. But over

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time, through new experiences, new questions,

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new conversations, those patterns began to shift.

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Not all at once, but slowly. And when they did,

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something opened. Something came alive. New understanding.

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New perspective. New possibilities. And I think

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that's one of the most hopeful ideas we've touched

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on this week. That we are not locked into our

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starting points. We are not trapped into our

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patterns. We can grow. We can change. Not easily,

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but in a real way. And when our thinking begins

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to change, we do not just see the world differently.

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We begin to ask different questions, and those

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questions can lead us somewhere deeper. So my

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question today is, where might my thinking have

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become a fixed pattern? And what might happen

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if I allow it to change?