It is the most undesirable need for every person on the planet, yet we reject it in our lives.
The change is inevitable; we have to face it either by choice or by force. People avoid change in their lives because it’s too uncomfortable to incorporate into daily life. We have lived in the world of fake eras. We fake ourselves, we fake products, and we fake everything because it is easier to show fakes than to make something original. Even people fake their character in front of the world. Nature itself changes from time to time. Change is a stair for growth. When nature forces you to change, you think that is the biggest failure of your life, but instead nature makes you one step closer to your growth.
Even you notice that small changes in your daily life, like waking up one hour early, make you so uncomfortable that you just can’t bear it for a long time. The moment someone commits to a 9-to-5 job, they cease to consider their potential. They closed themselves off from the vast potential of their lives. When you were born, you were empowered to change the world. But, as time passes, you change your belief system and create one that can cope with society. There is one strong quote from Mahatma Gandhi: “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Don’t change yourself for how society wants to change the society you want to see. Society puts unrealistic expectations on you; you don’t have to meet that expectation. Satisfy yourself with what matters most in this world. Find your path that leads to inner peace for yourself. To find that path, if you have to change the minds of family, change it; if you have to change the minds of people around you, change it; if you have to change the minds of your friends, change it; and even if you have to change the minds of the whole world, dare to change it. But first, change yourself.
I know it’s hard to achieve; our mechanisms are built in a way that we choose comfort over change. Great people who are able to change the minds of others actually change their own first. Work every day to change yourself a bit. Increase everyday changes in your life. Start with a tiny thing, like waking up five minutes early. Make constant change daily; don’t skip the day. Close your eyes early in the morning, speak with yourself, talk about the change you want to see today in yourself, and act upon it. That’s how outstanding things can be achieved.
“Change the subject, the object is bound to change; Purify yourself, and the world is bound to be purified. This one thing requires to be taught now more than ever before. We are becoming more and more busy about our neighbour and less and less about ourselves. The world will change if we change; if we are pure, the world will become pure”
-Swami Vivekananda
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