Thoughtful Thursday, June 4, 2009

MASQUERADE

Ninety-eight percent
of the atoms
in our bodies
are replaced
each year in
a continuous process
of death and birth.
Since we are born anew
in every second,
we can stop
pretending to be fossils,
as if our opinions
and behaviors
were carved in granite
and not changeable.
-Reprinted from Out-Smarting Your Karma Copyright ©1996 by Barry Neil Kaufman.

I've often caught myself saying that "I've been this way for so long, it's hard to change."

The fact is, we're constantly changing-our thoughts, tastes, opinions and behaviors.

If we want to change, we will.