You've probably seen the image:
One childishly drawn person with a smallish heart and mind and just-budding flowers for hair says to a second person with the same heart and mind, only bigger, and fully-flowered hair, "You've changed!"
The implication is clear. The first person is upset at the second person's change, nostalgically longing for the familiarity of them as they used to be.
Perhaps the first person is bitter or resentful, maybe even feeling betrayed that the second person has the nerve to be unfaithful to the picture of who the first person expects to see.
The second person's response is, "I'd hope so."
A clear statement of intent that it had never occurred to them not to change, to evolve, to grow, to explore.
Of course they were going to discover their potential. Of course they were going to bring greater joy to the world through all they have to offer in their mature, self-actualized state.
So who would you rather be?
The first person, clinging desperately to the status quo, afraid of the unknown, stifling your and others’ perpetual renewal?
Or the second person, always ready and eager to develop, expand, and transform?
I know who I'd rather be. Will you join me?
