These words remain as true today as in the days when the portly philosopher in his rumpled tunic sauntered through the dusty agora of ancient Athens and pondered aloud about the riddles of the human experience.
?What is man?? he asked. ?What can he become??
This is a fascinating question. Once we set out to know ourselves, we also pave the way to become more authentic and powerful in our lives.
While we may appear predisposed, due to genetics or environmental factors, to certain character traits, we are cheap we love nike air max 95 , as far as I can tell, creatures of infinite possibilities and amazing self-invention.
Who we are, then, has less to do with knowledge and more to do with imagination. We appear to be who we choose to be rather than merely the consequences of our experiences.
However, this elasticity of possibility, is seldom exercised air max 90 we love nike for sale , for rather than explore, we prefer to be safe, and rather than risk, we would rather remain restricted in our self-expression. We prefer homeostasis to adventure.
Still, when we hear or read about someone who has changed in a remarkable way, we feel a curious envy and joy cheap nike air vapormax womens , a sense of what may be possible for us were we to shift away from our stable moorings. In fact, the books or movies that move us the most are those where the main characters undergo transformation from a lower to a higher state of being.
We admire change, but don't feel sure about it-- which, of course, is understandable, because change cheap nike air vapormax mens , after all, is based on uncertainty.
Change awaits us will it be positive or negative?
If the change is reflexive, as a response to circumstances, the change may not be positive. On the other hand, if the change is reflective, as a response to a stimulating thought nike air vapormax flyknit wholesale , we feel the thrill of embarking upon a whole new realm of experiences. Our potentialities cry to be awoken and brought into the light of manifestation and actuality.
Since change is inevitable, then, we may as well embrace it by making it deliberate. In fact, we can expand our possibility thinking and accelerate positive change in our lives by using two cognitive tools.
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