改变

Change is a natural process

Everything undergoes some form of changes

If there are no changes, life would be so boring!

Interactions with people and environment make us change

Some for the better, some for the worse

However, the crux of the matter is...

After all the flurry of efforts made for improvements,

Are people willing to "change" their expectations on us?

Would people "discard" their stereotype of us?

Most importantly, would they be "supportive" of our changes?

Or they'd rather prefer our old, problematic self?

In today's hectic life

People often want to see fast results

Overlooking the fact those results are often impermanent in nature

The human mind and behaviour is a very complex matter

Mindset changes may have occured in the conscious and sub-conscious mind

However it may not be immediately visible from the behaviour

As people need to go through a transition period

To adapt to and internalise the changes made

All these aside, there's two things for sure

It's demoralising when people do not believe that we can and will change

It's sad when changes made are not being supported

The final question is...

How the changes should be made,

such that people around us won't be hurt,

and that they are willing to accept the new us,

at the same time, our goals can be attained?

It's really a profound art

Perhaps only The Enlightened One could answer this question