CHANGE VS.  INCONSISTENCY

Change is evolution.  Change is spiritually transcending—and the improving of ones lifestyle.  It also leads us from the familiar path to an unknown path.
Change can be deteriorating and unwelcome, or it can be a godsend.  It is the transition that ends one way of life, and begins another.  It can be very scary or very enlightening.  It can be planned or unexpected.

Change is necessary and change is powerful.

Change is the Bridge that connects us to the New.  Once we get to the other side—the beginning place of an unfamiliar situation—we can usually turn back, unless we've "burned our bridges".

No matter what direction Change takes—whether it's better on the other side or not—is irrelevant.  Change teaches, and learning is everything.

There is one thing that change is not, however, and that is anything that is constantly Inconsistent.  Inconsistency is a sign of nervousness and a sign of internal unrest.  It is also a signal of Complete Imbalance.

Unpredictable people who change their ways, their persona, and their habits every other day are not practitioners of Change.  They are not enlightened people showing us the way with their constant changeability. 

They are insecure human beings who have as yet to explore their emotions, and locate the meaning of their spirit’s presence on Earth.  They are spiritually unfulfilled and searching outward, instead of inward.  They are in an experimental state trying to find themselves—but altering their physical pursuits, and continuously redecorating their visuals by changing their hair, clothes, make-up, friends, jobs, religions, cars, hobbies, etc. in an attempt to locate their niche, is like crossing a bridge that isn't there.  All this person will find is more anxiety when they have to wade through impassable waters to get to the other side.

When you see a person making changes all the time—suddenly, impulsively, or simply as part of their regular routine—and you see they feel proud of this slippery trait—no one can hold or control a person who is in a constant state of flux—do not emulate them.  They are possibly control freaks, and their constant changeability keeps the rest of us confused and apprehensive.
(Thus, their control over us.)

The more they fluctuate to create the air of unpredictability—the more they gravitate to new things before the old ones have had a chance to be worn or understood—the more nervous and unsure they are of themselves.

They are unstable people, afraid to ground into stillness, for in their misunderstanding, stillness is stagnation to them.
Yet, what stillness really means is internal peace. 

Constant change and fluctuation are what the yo-yo and the roller coaster do; and they go absolutely nowhere.

So stay calm, stay cool, and do not allow these yo-yos to spin you.  In your steadfast Consistency, maybe they can see their folly and learn from you. 

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