Don't Forget Where You Came From

From Daily Dose of Dharma (aka Food for Thought)

It is helpful in learning to appreciate and develop your ability tochange to think about how you have changed over time. You are not thesame person you were ten years ago. How are you different? What wereyou like before? Would your present self and past self be friends ifthey met? What would they like and dislike about each other? How didyou come to be the person you are now? Your ideals, thoughts, andopinions have changed; what has replaced the old ones and why? Byreviewing the changes that have occurred, you can savor the growth andprogress you have made, and appreciate the benefits the process ofchange has brought to your life.

When you notice how much you have changed and developed even withoutconsciously trying, you can see how much you could grow if you made areal effort to change.


-- Tarthang Tulku in Skillful Means

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