story

I was neurotic for years. Anxious, depressed, selfish. And everyone kept telling me to change.

And I resented them, and agreed with them, and wanted to change, but simply couldn’t, no matter how I tried.

What hurt the most was that, like the others, my closest friend kept urging me to change. So I felt powerless and trapped.

One day he said “Don’t change. I love you as you are.”

Those words were music to my ears: “Don’t change. Don’t change. Don’t change. I love you as you are.”

I relaxed. I came alive. And, suddenly, I changed!

Now I know that I couldn’t really change till I found someone to love me whether I changed or not!

Is this how you love me, god?

(~ Anthony De Mello)

Natural transformation like that of a caterpillar is sustainable. Everything else is just yet another attempt to please someone!

If we can’t change naturally, it might be worth repurposing – finding new meanings, application or value for what we are/have, right?

Repurposing is sustainable!

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