- “Guru, who am I?”
- “You’re how you reply to present moment.”
- “My replies differ each moment.”
- “Nature differs moment to moment.
You’re merely nature.” - “It pains me that I can’t be a constant.”
- “The pain is due to denial to reality.
No mortal creature can remain a constant.” - “If I can’t be a constant, how can I ever grow?”
- “Perhaps you’re mistaking constant and consistent to be the same. Growth itself means change; opposite of constancy. Each moment brings a different situation. You’ll feel and act differently in different situations. It’s a necessity for survival.”
- “So how do I manage growth then?
And how do I make peace with my variations?” - “Growth is when you purposefully choose the same situation each day, such as a gym session. Where you can practice the same reply each day and enhance it. It may build strength of character. It may serve you in similar other situations, such as learning a new skill, where consistency matters. But never assume it’ll help you stay so smugly composed in alien situations. You can and you will break. That’s nature. Accept it as a natural truth so you won’t feel ashamed of it. It’s a choice, later, to put yourself back again.”
© Counselor Apoorva
Psychologist
Counselor Apoorva 