…are you betraying your former self?

A piece of text-based art with the words “If you change your mind about something are you betraying your former self?”.

I think that the idea that changing your mind is betraying oneself is one of the reasons why people often don’t find it easy to change their mind about some things, especially things that are important to their identities or their sense of self such as political, moral and cultural views. It may be thought of as betraying one’s principles.

And there’s always the possibility that someone who changes their mind about something important may be rejected by their friends who haven’t changed their minds.