I have a tendency to eavesdrop every once and a while. I'm not an intentional listener (in regards to others conversation), but sometimes people make it nearly impossible not to hear them speaking. I heard this statement recently and it summed up a lot of what I have been hearing nationally :

"This is the way it is. This is the way I am and I don't have any intentions of changing now."

In the midst of conflict for this person, she arrived at this conclusion. In search of validation and "ammunition" for the secondary conversation that was to come, her thought was that change was out of question (and for those of you who are thinking I'm riding the Change plug, this is not an Obama endorsement). I find it interesting when we come to this point. Whenever we get to this point, we have eliminated all choices but our own. For some reason though, we feel justified in our action(s) and that other people are simply missing the point. The moment we say that this is the way it is, we are disengaging from any opportunity for growth. What a bummer too. It usually is much better than not.
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