Change is the essense of improvement in an individual

I've been meaning to write this for a long time because it's one of the quotes I came up with. If ever I become famous for anything, I want this quote posted up somewhere muahahaha.

Change like many of us know is not easy and it is a tedious and difficult path. To change implies restructuring, reconstituting, and reestablishing one's identity, character and values. A simple example to put this is that of a criminal. Criminals are the ones who usually need this form of reconstruction of their entire being.

Change if defined by what I mentioned above (change of identity, character and values) is fairly difficult. Just imagine the social stigma and condemnation a criminal faces when he exits jail and tries to live a normal life again. It isn't easy and the journey is so tough that many just rather surrender to that schema of being a criminal (since no one thinks I am capable of change, I might as well abide by their wishes.)

That's a fairly extreme example. Most of us don't have to go through that. Our struggles might be more trivial but nonetheless equally important. It's always said that human beings can never attain perfection in life. That doesn't mean however that we should never strive towards it. Many say perfection is overrated but if you never try how far up the scale would you go?

Think of your journey of change as an adventure and further on years into the future, you would look back and say I am now a better person as a result of this change and look how much closer you are to perfection now. As is written in in Romans 12:2, we should "be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."