There comes a time in every man’s life when he has to stand up and say, “This is IT!” I put the exclamation mark at the end to force upon the fact of how strong it comes on.
I am talking about change. The ultimatest of all things. Mark twain said that it was the only thing that was certain (or I think it was him.) Newton said that it was not just humans but even objects who didn’t like the concept of change; whether they are in motion or still. I know that the line has been used for this concept a lot, but that’s cause it’s a classic.
Ok, starting again, there comes a moment in the lives of all men when they have to look in the mirror realize that they have to change and there is no way around it. Of course, it had been there for a long time, nudging and prodding us, whispering to us, waking us up at odd times, bumping into us at the mall or tripping us as we walk into a new day with pride.
Hmm, persistent little sucker isn’t it? But we were stronger, and we avoided it. We looked away, we suffered, we fought, we became ignorant, or humiliated, but we managed. We did what we did for many many reasons. We were comfortable, we did not want to let go of that which were sure of, good or bad, we wanted to be content not happy and finally as it comes down to the facts, because we were scared. Hollywood, time and again in the end-of-moment-life-changing confession scenes has given us this fact and it has been met with acceptance by not many people. But tragically, its true. Sorry guys, but it really is.
Change has to happen and we resist it as much as we can. Period. There is really nothing that we can do cure this problem. We will always resist it. It is human nature. Seriously. I am not writing this to in some self help yogi way to help you solve this thing. I am just telling you that it happens. It’s a part of human life and we have to live with. Go on push ahead and make sure that it doesn’t end up taking you down. Sometimes you change, sometimes you don’t, theres nothing that’s too sure here. The only bad thing is to do nothing.
I am talking about change. The ultimatest of all things. Mark twain said that it was the only thing that was certain (or I think it was him.) Newton said that it was not just humans but even objects who didn’t like the concept of change; whether they are in motion or still. I know that the line has been used for this concept a lot, but that’s cause it’s a classic.
Ok, starting again, there comes a moment in the lives of all men when they have to look in the mirror realize that they have to change and there is no way around it. Of course, it had been there for a long time, nudging and prodding us, whispering to us, waking us up at odd times, bumping into us at the mall or tripping us as we walk into a new day with pride.
Hmm, persistent little sucker isn’t it? But we were stronger, and we avoided it. We looked away, we suffered, we fought, we became ignorant, or humiliated, but we managed. We did what we did for many many reasons. We were comfortable, we did not want to let go of that which were sure of, good or bad, we wanted to be content not happy and finally as it comes down to the facts, because we were scared. Hollywood, time and again in the end-of-moment-life-changing confession scenes has given us this fact and it has been met with acceptance by not many people. But tragically, its true. Sorry guys, but it really is.
Change has to happen and we resist it as much as we can. Period. There is really nothing that we can do cure this problem. We will always resist it. It is human nature. Seriously. I am not writing this to in some self help yogi way to help you solve this thing. I am just telling you that it happens. It’s a part of human life and we have to live with. Go on push ahead and make sure that it doesn’t end up taking you down. Sometimes you change, sometimes you don’t, theres nothing that’s too sure here. The only bad thing is to do nothing.
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