05.08.08
On Reinventing Oneself
Essay Week Spring 2008 runs from May 5th to May 9th, 2008. Each day Iíll present a short essay on a topic of concern to me; I have the option of including a pre-essay post giving updates on ongoing life events if necessary. All the essays this week will be here; the LiveJournal is on hiatus while I concentrate here. Some of the elements in these essays may be controversial; I hope, however, that most will be well-regarded and at least read with an open mind. If you have anything to say about them, please feel free to leave a comment; I read them all, even if I may not respond due to time or other concerns. We continue our look at the world with a bit more introspection on the process of personal revolutions, their causes, and most importantly, the end results.
It’s one of the most obvious and banal remarks one could ever make to a friend you haven’t seen in a very long time. “Oh my, you’ve changed so much!” I personally try not to say it, but it still comes out. Change is, in our world, inevitable– and there we go, another insipid and useless platitude. The fact that it’s been told many times before, however, does not make it any less true– just painfully obvious. People change, and there’s nothing that can be done about it. But, the reasons for change are varied, wide, and in my opinion, often quite interesting.