Change Is Good

Some say people never change for the better.  They can change 
their appearance, their surroundings, their friends, and 
perhaps make mild adjustments to their attitudes, but their 
character remains the same.  A man who is born evil, dies
evil.  

Nonsense.  I see men change.  See them change right before 
my eyes, slowly and with great patience. Their transitions 
are a marvel of nature--like the sea carving its landscape,
washing away its impurities, till only a fine white sand 
remains.  Their fierce determination for change of 
character is often rooted in some great sorrow.  And the 
sorrow rooted in recognition of their own weakness.  I 
believe their ability to recognize evil as weakness is 
wisdom.  And if wisdom is grace and grace is goodness, 
then man is good.

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