All my life I've never really held much faith in people's ability to change. I mean, it's a nice thought and everything, but I didn't really think I had ever seen anyone actually accomplish this change they desired. But, after talking to both Jessica and Becca, I realize that change is definitely a possibility (by the way I think Jess might truly be one of the best people I know). Anyways, I think the thing I always missed was how slow and gradual change often is. The ones that seemingly happen overnight are pretty hard to miss, but the others often go unnoticed.
Within the past several weeks, I've heard reference to this old adage three different times: if you drop a frog into a boiling pot of water it immediately jumps out, but if you put it into a pot of tepid water and slowly turn up the heat, the frog becomes used to the increasing temperature and gets boiled alive. I think that this whole concept applies to life in general too. And, coincidently enough, this whole philosophy has been very relevant to me right now. When I stop and actually take a look at where certain people, including myself, were at in their lives 3 years ago, a year ago, and sometimes even 6 months ago, I realize that there has often been a great deal of change. I guess the changes were so gradual that I just didn’t notice. Now my only real question is whether these gradual, yet dramatic, changes are intentional, or if they just occur naturally. In light of recent news, I suppose my mom might actually be a good person to ask about that one. Several different people have told me how great they think my mom is, but I never gave her that credit because I never stopped to notice how different she is now from when I was younger. Yet again in this instance, it was a drastic change that caused me to stop and notice this difference. I guess the whole moral for me is that life is constantly evolving and that maybe a secret is to try an pay more attention to the little changes along the way that eventually lead to the life altering events. Plus, learn from the past in order to create better tomorrow.
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i never noticed this blog somehow until just now and i don't know what i said to make u include my name (im hoping somehting good). as far as mom goes, i would LOVE to hate the bitch for everything she did-life would be SO MUCH easier-but you and i are both smart enough and i guess good enough people that we can forgive her and realize that she's changed. as far as ur past actions, my past actions, actions that are going on right now is concerned, nobody is perfect. but some people can admit when they've done s/t wrong and try to improve and never let it happen again. this is not however to say that we can just go throughout our lives making asses out of ourselves and blame it on others or the fact that we can't be perfect. i dont think u or i have ever used mom or dad as an excuse for acting a certain way, which means that u can't be all that bad in the long run.
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