Why do we make efforts? Why do we push ourselves beyond our limits? Why do we strive to accomplish what's expected of us, when we know what's expected is above our comfort zone? Why do we set goals that seem unattainable? Why do we try to suppress our urges and overcome our fears?
Because if we didn't, we'd never learn, grow or change. Change makes life what it is and what it can become.
When you open your mind to change and to evolution, it means that you are growing. You're learning more things on your way to accomplishing a change in your life, big enough for you and those around you to notice. It can be a change on your outlook on life, your physique or even your career, but we are always looking for it. We do it to live a healthier life and to stick around longer to see our grand-children. We do it to get a promotion or a new opportunity to earn more. We do it for ourselves and we do it for others. To prove to ourselves that we can do it or to show others we care.
If you don't want to change, you're sticking with what you've got because it works and in that case, I don't believe you can grow as much. You can still learn, develop and grow, but not as much ; I don't think. Change is what pushes us long and forces us to look around and take action. Regardless of the situation. Without that, you're just looking around and not doing anything about what you're seeing. If you live your entire life, thinking Santa exists, per example, who'll buy presents for your kids? This might sound a bit dumb... but it's true. Regardless of if we want to or not, we change.
A lot of things can push you right in front of the change truck. It smacks you very hard, tosses you around a bit and leaves you for dead. You have to pick yourself up and deal. No choice. Change has already come and gone and now you have to grow to be able to accept the consequences. Sometimes change comes after a long period of wait and you've had time to get used to the idea, you've accepted it and you're ready to face the reality.
From simple things like doing someone a favor or going out of your way to make someone happy or a loved one struck with a terminal disease or a tragic accident, the people around us affect the way we change. The ones we love and the ones we don't, everyone around us has an impact on how we change, when and why.
I ask myself sometimes, if I've changed a lot over the past couple of years? Months? Days? I'm usually really happy to answer "yes" to all of those questions. Sometimes I change for the best, sometimes for the worst, but I least I know I've learned something, I've made an effort to change.
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