By Cat Davis

I tried to explain to a friend recently my view that we are all fishes in the ocean with our own secluded bubble that is our home. That secluded bubble shields us from anything in the open sea. I said that the more you leave your bubble the more experiences you have, and all of those experiences work together to expand your little bubble into a bigger one.

I explained this to her in regards to having an open or closed mind. She likes to hide in her bubble and reject anything that is foreign to her. Often, her reason for not wanting to try anything new is that she won’t like it… I tell her, “You don’t know if you don’t try.” And that was usually just for food. Within a year she changed a little. She became willing to try new foods if she had the money to do so.

We get so set in our repetitive ways and the comfort and familiarity of our own box that we forget there is a huge world out there to be interacted with.

Being open-minded can mean that you are willing to try something you have yet to experience, or even just accepting ideas that might not necessarily coincide with your current beliefs. All you have to do is try.