Escape and Words from Kenny Rogers

You cannot escape who you are.  No matter where you run or where you hide, even if you smash the mirror and refuse to see your reflection, you cannot escape who you are.

This is why leaving and never coming to terms with the cause will ultimately lead to repeated failures.  Failure, after all, is never learning from mistakes of the past.  If you remain purposely blind to the mistakes and do not embrace them, then you are not giving them the opportunity to teach their lessons.

So, if you can accept that running is not an option, that you are, indeed, who you are and not who you wish that you were, then you can begin to transform who you are into who you believe you can be.  Circular?  Not at all.  Once again, we find ourselves confronted with choices.  

The other day on TV, I heard Kenny Rogers say, “We are all three people: who I believe I am, who you believe I am, and who I really am.”  Then he went on to say, “The closer together those three are, the more successful you will be.”

Amen, Kenny.  Amen.