CHANGE IS THE LAW OF NATURE
The English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-92) says in his
long poem Morte d’Arthur ”: And slowly answered Arthur from the barge:
“The old order changeth, yielding
place to new,
And God fulfils Himself in many ways,
Lest one good custom should corrupt
the world.
Comfort thyself: what comfort is in
me?
I have lived my life , and that which
I have done
May He within Himself make pure! But
thou.
If thou shouldst never see my face
again,
Pray for my soul. More things are wrought
by prayer
Than this world dreams of.”
The
truth “Change is the only constant thing” is explained in many verses of the
Bhagvad Gita. One of them reads: The mind is always happy in change. If you are
in a busy place, you will feel happy by going to an isolated place. But, if you
are in an isolated place, you will be happy by going to a busy place. Thus happiness is not in any place or external
atmosphere. It is in the change of the
state, which is totally related to one’s mind.
Change
should be for the better. It should give us a new progressive outlook. No
change should mean stagnation, orthodoxy and rottenness. The English
philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
said : He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils and according
to the English poet-dramatist William Shakespeare (1564-1616) : It is not
strange that even our loves should change with our fortunes.
Let us note that the world we live is
evolutionary, involving or causing a
complete or dramatic change. It is not static even for a minute. From dawn to
dusk and from dusk to dawn it exhibits numerous changes. This is besides rotation
of weathers and seasons.
Finally
this quote by American author Jim Rohn (1030-2009): Those who cannot change
their minds cannot change anything.
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G.R.Kanwal
6th October 2024
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