Happy 4th of July

Let freedom ring! We are so blessed to live here. There are a lot of wonderful places in the world, but none with the type of history and freedoms that this country has had. I hope you have a fantastic and safe holiday celebrating our country's independence.

Times Change

Times change and so must we.  The more things change the more they stay the same.  Which is true? Are they both true? Is it only our surroundings that change and we stay the same or do we by necessity change in order to adapt to our changing environment?  Is it only the way in which we interact with our surroundings that changes or does our inward, fundamental character change as well?

I believe that both statements are true.  We do have to change and adapt as things around us change. Sometimes those changes can be quick and necessary as in a matter of survival, or sometimes slower because we're resistant to the changes or need time to adjust and change our thinking.  We are born with a particular personality that has both positive and negative aspects to it.  Our environment (parents, siblings, teachers, friends and the world in general) interact with our personality based on their own personalities and bring out the positive or negative in ours.  They help to shape our thinking, our character and how we react to what goes on in our world.

Although our personalty is there for life, how we operate or react is not.  We can choose to accentuate the positive and have the negative take a back seat.  We can change or improve character traits.  We can change how we look at things and how we react to things.  Is it easy?  No, or we would see more people doing it.  Is it impossible?  No, because we do see people doing it.  Basic human nature will always be with us, good and evil will always be with us, but that is not a license to give up or to say change is impossible.

Well, I'm off to see if I can play up the more positive aspects of me and downplay the negative.  Maybe, just maybe, I can turn someday into today.