CHANGE IN US: GOOD OR BAD

There is nothing wrong with change if it is in the right direction.

Winston Churchill

We are always busy, but the question is, ‘Busy in doing what?’ We are always working; the question is, ‘What are we working at?’ We are always communicating, but the question is, ‘What are we communicating?’ We are always thinking, but the question is, ‘What are we thinking?’ Similarly we are always changing, but the question is, ‘Is the change good or bad?’

The one thing which does not change is change itself. There have been a lot of changes taking place, both inside of us and outside as well. By the time you finished reading this sentence, some cells would have grown and some would have died in your body. Some thoughts would have entered your mind and some other would have left your mind.

In a factory, the production takes place continuously – both good products and scrap. No one produces scrap intentionally. Creation of scrap is a natural process.
Similarly, some unwanted changes also take place in us, like the weeds that grow along with good plants.

We have to do a self-audit once in a year to check the quality and direction of change in us. Perhaps, we can choose the New Year Day or our birthday, which is emotional. We can make two lists: in one we list all the good changes that happened in our life and in the other, we list all the not-so-good changes.  For example, ‘I have changed my food habit by saying ‘no’ to oily food’ and ‘I have started social drinking’. After making the two lists, check which list is longer, and this will tell you which way you are progressing and whether the change is for good or for worse!