Is Change Possible?

"I remember my old Fuller Brush man telling me once, ‘Men change, but seldom do they’."
--J. A. Jance

Somewhere about forty-five, most men have life figured out good enough for themselves, they’ve learned all they think they need to know, and their mind locks down. They never think again unless they have to, and they never entertain new thoughts. Though they make money, acquire admiration and fame, and have great influence, they are already dead. They are just awaiting burial.

A core secret of successful living is the ability to adapt, to change yourself as everything else changes.
"Intelligent behaviour has been defined as ‘behaviour that is adaptively variable within the lifetime of the individual’."
–Anthony Storr
Intelligent behavior can be observed every day if we are alert, but it not the norm.
Yes, "men change, but seldom do they" because change is not at all easy. However, it is possible. History is replete with examples.

"Throughout the nineteenth and well into the twentieth century, it was assumed that Britain would continue to rule India indefinitely; that a single determined Indian could lead his fellow citizens to independence was unthinkable."
--[Another of my misplaced sources. If I come across it, I'll fill you in.]

Gandhi is not the only one in history to have the moral certainty to, almost single-handedly, initiate unbelievable change. Often at great cost. Sometimes they had to pay the ultimate price, and often did not live to see the change take place.