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[brains.self-awareness] possibility for change
Something I am reminded of due to conversations I'm having...
At a very deep level, I believe that as long as any individual person lives, there is always possibility for change in that person and their life, however vanishingly small. I _have_ to believe that, or I lose a large part of what makes me who I am. Indeed, I lose a large part of how I became the person I am today.
For me, it's the difference between having any particular reason to believe that any specific person will change, and believing that there is possibility for change, as long as there is life.
And, not believing that takes away far too much of the joy, the hope, and the promise in life. Indeed, if I did not believe that, my next career path _could not_ be psychology (therapy, specifically). I have to believe in change. I note that I do not specify that the change is necessarily positive, although I tend toward being sufficiently optimistic that that is what I tend to think of when I say it. Change _at all_ is what I mean. Change and growth and learning and hope. I _need_ these things to remain sane. I do not want to live in a world that does not have them.
At a very deep level, I believe that as long as any individual person lives, there is always possibility for change in that person and their life, however vanishingly small. I _have_ to believe that, or I lose a large part of what makes me who I am. Indeed, I lose a large part of how I became the person I am today.
For me, it's the difference between having any particular reason to believe that any specific person will change, and believing that there is possibility for change, as long as there is life.
And, not believing that takes away far too much of the joy, the hope, and the promise in life. Indeed, if I did not believe that, my next career path _could not_ be psychology (therapy, specifically). I have to believe in change. I note that I do not specify that the change is necessarily positive, although I tend toward being sufficiently optimistic that that is what I tend to think of when I say it. Change _at all_ is what I mean. Change and growth and learning and hope. I _need_ these things to remain sane. I do not want to live in a world that does not have them.
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Past that, I don't think of "life is change" as a belief, so much as an observation. So it's infinitely peculiar to read this post, which carries (to me) the tone of choice of belief. The closest I can come to choosing not to "believe" this is choosing not to keep it in my head, choosing to cling to fixed things. That's when I despair.
Weird!
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What I thought you were saying was something like, "I need to believe that people can change, it's a part of who I am." I interpreted that as belief in something that may or may not be real, and I was startled, because I view change (in life, people, stones, whatever) as being an "Of course it exists!" thing. Akin to you stating that, wrt believing in cars.
What I think you were actually saying was, you have to remember that people can change. To keep it to the forefront, and not let negative emotions cause you to forget that basic truth.
Am I closer to understanding?