Commercials on TV tell you all the time that you can change yourself.
In thirty seconds, the commercial actors can get smarter,
thinner, prettier, richer. But this fantasy world only sets us up for a
fall.
We hear about the possibilities for wonderful changes people
can make in their lives, and we want to duplicate those results.
When we try and are not quickly rewarded, we actually wind up
feeling worse than we did before we started.
The problem is, of course, that change is possible, but it does
not come immediately. Nobody wants to sell us on a program for
change that will take years because of course no one would buy
it. But it does take years to accomplish the most important
changes.
When you entered the first grade, you didn’t expect to learn a
second language, algebra, and the history of the War of 1812 all in
the first week. You began an education that took more than a
decade and provided you with incredible positive change.
Positive change in your life will not be finished today, but it can
start today.