Change is not the only constant for me

Change your diet, your habits, your mindset

Change your posture, your attitude, or else you would regret

Remaining the flawed human being that you are currently

You need to change, so that a better person you can be…..

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Change, I understand, is the only constant

But I have an issue with the rhetoric prevalent

That something about you is in perpetual need

Of change- be it your habits, your attitude, your mindset indeed

Why is there a persuasive compulsion to strive

Towards perfection, why not allow ourselves to thrive

Without trying to change some or the other aspect

Of our lives, what is the need to constantly introspect?

The stress of trying to conform to an ideal standard exacts a cost

And the benefit of a meaningful change is lost

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Change should be guided by a compass internal

Not forced down our throats by compulsions external

The idea that we need to change because there is something we lack

Hurts our self-esteem insidiously, makes us lose track

Of the crucial changes that we need to implement

Guided by our intuition, our desires and intents

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So make a change, not because someone else says so

But because you feel it us needed in order to grow