Yes.
Many times. Too many to count really.
Many have also given me more of a gift than just a change in ideas. They have given me the gift of seeing. Seeing things from other's prospective, other's lives, other's visions. They open my mind, and more importantly, they open my heart.
Sometimes, my opinion may not change completely, but it does help me look and focus on something outside of my own belief windows.
I am learning, the older i get, that there are more than two sides to every story or belief system, there are many, many sides.
And.
Taking time to breath all of that in, even when i disagree, can be a beautiful thing.
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