It seems like every politician, every spiritual leader, and many of our hallmark institutions beat the drum of change. Either we want a return to “how things were” or we dream of a brighter future. Both instincts are noble—wired into us as humans to grow, evolve, and improve.
What exhausts me is the duplicity: when someone actually does change, we call them a flip-flopper, a sellout, or disingenuous. But let’s be honest—that’s backwards.
True danger is not in leaders or institutions that evolve, but in those cemented in dogma from 40 years ago. Growth, new perspectives, and the courage to admit past mistakes—that’s what leadership should look like.
I look back 30 years and cringe at some of my own rhetoric, at opinions I once held, at the words casually used in my childhood. Change is not betrayal; change is progress.
Let’s stop super-gluing ourselves—or others—into static positions. Let’s give permission to grow, sprout new wings, and evolve into something higher. The call of today is not “stay the same.” The call is: change.
I invite you to be a change agent, and to allow others the grace to improve and change as well.
Respectfully,
Rich
(P.S. What’s one belief you’ve changed your mind about in the past 10 years? Hit reply, I’d love to hear.)
