Lunes, Marso 16, 2015

Intersection 31



When determination and convention meet...

Change is the only thing permanent in the world. While I am strongly attached to the previous sentence, I find myself facing the difficulty of presenting change to the people around me. There is a fine line between looking like a 'know-it-all' and expressing a potentially good idea for the betterment of the status quo, and I cannot entirely dare to make a bold move now.

What a shame.

Not that I cannot stand by my decision (if ever) to begin change, but there are a lot of factors I ought to consider (and reconsider) if ever I do decide to make my foot take a step forward. I guess there are things that are very much intertwined with convention, including the insinuating close-mindedness of beings. Age ideally earns wisdom, which is not always the case. I do have a certain respect for people who have a good number of years on their shoulders already, but I cringe at the fact that potentials are lost because of how other people perceive a situation. Experience ought to make us better ... certainly not bitter.

I have a long way to go, whether it be in my career, in my personal life, in the improvement of my belief systems and eventually my character. Many people will have to be a part (and depart) from my life for me to learn certain things. Many situations will test me to bend rules or my convictions. Many things will aim to try to affect me in ways I have never imagined. Many more strikes will life give me before I can define how determined I can really be.

Convention and change. Two words wrestling in my mind at the moment. They probably can never see each other in the eye, but is it possible for them to compromise? Can I ever understand the balance of both in the choice I ought to make? Must I sacrifice my need to change the status quo just because convention makes things easier? Or can I rock the boat of convention to allow the water-like change to flow into convention's holes?

I hope you find something conventional to challenge.

Until the next determined move,
Myra

(The photo is mine :) )

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