{"id":2550,"date":"2011-05-02T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T03:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2011-05-18T14:44:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T21:44:56","slug":"i-need-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2011\/05\/02\/i-need-to-change\/","title":{"rendered":"I need to change"},"content":{"rendered":"
After reading my scriptures tonight, I took some time for some personal\u00c2\u00a0introspection. I came to a realization that I need to change.<\/p>\n
I am afraid what my eulogy would read if I died today. Would I be remembered for being the person I think I should be, or would I be remembered for the person I really am?<\/p>\n
I need to be less critical, and I need to be more compassionate. I need to be less\u00c2\u00a0judgmental\u00c2\u00a0and more tolerant. I need to lift others up, and not tear others down. I need to be less prideful and more humble. I need to be less selfish and more charitable. I need to be less contentious and more inspiring.<\/p>\n
For the longest time, I have wanted to make a difference in the world. That being said, I am afraid that if I keep along the path I am, that I will make hardly any difference at all, and very few people will be better off having known me.<\/p>\n
I also realize that changing myself needs to be about changing who I am and not what I do. Trying to change behaviour will never result in changing character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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