When the story never changes - Notes in the Margins
One of the tragedies of adulthood is that you start to see, over time, that some of the people around you will never change. Because most people do change.
One of the tragedies of adulthood is that you start to see, over time, that some of the people around you will never change. Because most people do change. Personality traits may be fixed, but they’re not stagnant. They’re like water – they drift in a certain direction over time, carrying you through your life, maybe getting deeper or more shallow, but never stopping. Or, as I think of it – we’re all walking through the fog, but some of us keep walking. Some of us don’t. Psychology isn’t an exact science, but it can tell us a lot about who we are and why we are and how it is that we do…
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