Change for Yourself

Well, it has been a long time since I last posted. It's been a onerous past couple of months, and I am sorry that I have not posted anything for some time now. I have been really depressed lately, and it just took some time for me to get over it. When I started this journey, I knew it was going to be tough. Not that I was afraid, but I knew that I would have to keep on myself and always push myself to continue moving forward. I think that over the past couple of months, I somehow lost that vision. However, during lunch, I read an article that inspired me to do something that I have been preaching since the start of this blog. The article is:

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130606150641-658789-9-qualities-of-truly-confident-people?&affiliate=&

Although the article is about confidence, it also silently conveyed another theme to me. The theme is change. The author gives his opinion about which qualities define confidence. However, the author, in my opinion, would not have written the article, unless he wanted the audience to first understand what confidence is, but more importantly, to understand that they can change. Very few acts are committed without purpose. 

This article inspired me to change. For the past few months, I have not worked on many of my goals, but now I am going to change. I have preached from the beginning of this blog about change and improving yourself, but I have lost that spirit. It is because of that I would like to offer up my own personal view of change. 

Change is not a simple completion of one task or event. Change is constant. Change is not the mere occurrence of a singular event, but the culmination of the same event in repetition. Change is evolution. Evolution did not happen over one night, nor one month; evolution takes time. Therefore change will take time, and it will not be an instantaneous achievement that one can hope to obtain. Change is for yourself, and no other. Only you can change you.

I also would like to take the time to thank one of my dearest friends. She is the editor of this blog, Amy. She has always pushed me so that I would not fall off my path. For that, I am truly thankful to call her one of my best friends. Thank you, Amy!