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Transformation
Life is a course of transformation
There are major transformations — coming to the world, the first sight, school, the first job, marriage, becoming a parent, retirement, leaving the world, and so on. They are large, critical, almost inevitable. They draw the path of life. You can go astray as you want, but not much that you can do, not very far that you can go.
There are small ones, the first day in school, the first love, the first bucket of gold, a success, a loss, and a sudden realization. They are personal, ephemeral, seemingly trivial but over time the same critical. They define who you are and what legacy, if any, you leave to this world. They are the choice. Jeff Bezos says, “Celerness is a gift, kindness is a choice.” A gift may not cultivate a transformation, a choice will.
Some have physical means, a book, a person, a story, and so often, an accident. We feel the joy, the pain, and the incapacity in the face of these transformations.
Some are completed before we notice it. “Kids are not my thing…….kids are the best gift from God.” Some are never accomplished regardless of how hard we tried. Some are completed but the same keep coming……the self-motivation.
Even a give-up can be a transformation. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly”.
