The Problem with New Information

It's not hard to understand why we are scared of new knowledge. Everything we learn adds new brush strokes to the canvas of our life. And sometimes these new colors and shapes begin to change the picture on that canvas.

If we're overly-attached to our old and static views, the new additions may seem to be ruining that perfectly good and serviceable picture. And because we are comforted by the familiar - even a familiar that no longer serves us or even hurts us - this emerging picture may disturb us.

But let us challenge ourselves to not get our security from digging in our heels against an ever-moving, evolving world, but from our ability to adapt and change in the face of new information.