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as i grow and change, i find myself wondering who the hell i am now and then. i don't recognize myself, and it's a challenge to see myself in a different light. i tend to want to revert back to previous images i held of myself. and return to previous thought patterns and behaviors. it's maddening. but with perseverance, i am hoping that i will emerge from this trek a changed man. a better man. a man who doesn't fall into the same pitfalls and traps that he did previously. i hope i will emerge changed. i find i start to change and then become fearful because i don't recognize myself. conundrum? and is change ever really over? i guess i didn't change for so many years in some areas and so it is so foreign to me now.
are you patient with yourself while you change? is it easy to recognize yourself while you are in the process of major change?
i have posted this song before, but i keep hearing it on the radio station i play in my car and the hook stays with me for the rest of the day...the vid is totally sweet, too.(marc-that adjective is for your benefit) silversun pickups. here's a bit of fun- click on their website, go to the links page, find the listing of bands you should listen to, see how many you know or listen to.. this is one testament to the inevitability of change.
1 comment:
Just remember we are hardwired to fear the unfamiliar, and factor that into the process when you find yourself fearing or resisting change.
One of the ways to reduce this is to view change not as rearrangement, but removal. Releasing that which is on top of your authentic, perfect self.
We'll never get all the way there, of course, but we can hope to make our character defects mere accessories.
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