Rigidity: Good or bad?

Assertive people stick their feet to the ground; have their heads over their shoulders and truth committed to their words. Setting a target and refusing to budge from it is a sign of perseverance and focus. However, failing to set targets in the first place owing to lack of interest; and subsequently justifying personal misfortunes based on unawareness and bad luck is self-defeating stubbornness. The rigid stand strong; but they know when to bend, to defend themselves from breaking. Perfectionism is much coveted but seldom attained. When goals are not set right, they indeed cannot be accomplished spot on. Inflexibility is not a virtue…

Inertia

It’s much easier to sit back and watch the show than be an active part of it, to accept substandard opinions for fear of rejection of one’s own, to deal with unhappiness but not fight for the joy one truly deserves. There is pressing need to change, alter thinking processes, rework perceptions, modify routines, and reform actions. Presumably each one knows what is good, what’s right and what is just. Everyone can make the right choices. However the comfort of inertia only turns into annoyance when challenges come up and coax one into action. As much as one pushes the task, one eventually gets into the corner oneself. Action is the only key to survival.

Rubber-bands and Neurons

Plasticity is not merely an ability innate to rubber-bands. The brain cells have tremendous potential to transform themselves (for better or worse). A brain that is fed with alcohol each day demands more and more every time; the school teacher tends to order her husband and children in her home too and certain phobias self-propagate because of the anxiety that the feared situation brings in. Longer a particular behavior is maintained, the more rigid and unshakable it becomes. This is true for positive as well as negative ones. The neurons (brain cells) adapt themselves to any change; just as the skin on the sole of the foot forms a callus when the shoe irritates it. The human body and mind tend to become resilient to defend themselves. In the bargain, negative thought and behavior patterns get reinforced.

Commit to correct

This world is forever transmuting. Intellects are changing. The body is maturing. Your hair color is different today; its style too. So is the way you look and dress. Your budgets, job profile, expenses, relationships, are different from what they were a while ago. Availability of resources has gone up, their utility in addition of course. Everything is unlike what it was. Why then should thought processes stay unaltered? Flexibility in thought is the first step towards plasticity of emotions. The more you accept changes in yourself, your environment and people, better will be your adjustment and assimilation into it. It will buy peace of mind without a hitch. You only need to agree to make the desired amends.

You can but you don’t

There is no such thing as can't. It’s always won't. Every time we think we can't take it anymore, we're really substituting the verb because we don't have the will to do better. Doing things beyond what you imagined to be your own ability is a good way to surprise yourself. You will be astounded by your own endurance. Don't do things to prove anything to others. Do them to convince yourself and once convinced, live your life knowing you are special. Grow in mind and spirit. The more you ARE as a person the less you will need to prove yourself to others.