Staying 'MYSELF'

Things change, circumstances change, people change, then why not me?? The thought keeps on lingering inside, whenever the change pokes hard on me!! The emotional rollercoaster following this also lingers for quite sometime! At some point, when I feel like I should give up and change.....some inner strength asserts....'re-analyze your experience, replay the situation, read between the lines...you'll learn the lesson....character and personality do not change'.....then I quickly pick up myself, gather the confidence to proudly present me as 'MYSELF' once again!! This would be an updated version of 'me' wised by the experience', but not changed...now the 'me' is not influenced by the same situation the next time.

However, the reactions, response and ease of adjustment to change-poking situations do undergo change to fit with them. But as a person, I don't change. Consider the example, when a person believes in honesty, he doesn't start telling lies just because the other person did or with the pretense that when the world is fake, nothing would happen even if I lie!! At that particular instance, he might be tempted to seek the shortcut of dishonesty, but I think, this is the time when the reaction shouldn't be instinctive. Even minor breach in his behavior would bother a person who stands for CHARACTER. So, it is important to give the decision some time. Eventually, one would understand that he was better off with the honesty........

The veil unveils here......my argument in the post is double edged......Dishonesty is the other person's character and the reflection of their personality.....Honesty is one's character and it defines his personality........when someone stays dishonest and that influences my  life in some way, I might feel like retorting, sometimes with the same dishonesty, but the dejection, helplessness and other negative emotions that follow this act bear heavy on my heart. I rather reach the point of retrospection, introspection and achieve a balance of thought. Then, I take pride in honesty being a reflection of myself as a person and move on being the same person, unperturbed by the temptations and influence!! The triumph of character fades all the negativity!!