...reality is always plural and mutable.
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.
If you want to become a concert pianist, do it every day. You want to be a writer, do it every day. You want to become depressed, think depressing thoughts every day. You want to become an optimist, think a cheerful thought every day. Do it every day.
Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.
I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.
The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization.