"If You're Not Changing, You're Choosing."

"If you're not changing, you're choosing," as Laurie Buchanan reminds us. And if, in addition to not changing, you indulge in complaining, you are, in fact, running away from the choice.

In a world where inertia disguises itself as neutrality, we often delude ourselves, believing that the absence of action is a state of passive waiting for the ideal moment. However, the uncomfortable truth is that non-change is, in itself, a choice—a choice that traps us in the present, preventing us from exploring new horizons.

And what about complaining? When we drown ourselves in grievances, we waste vital energy on the problem instead of channeling it toward the solution. Complaining becomes a refuge, a defense mechanism that keeps us stuck in the vicious cycle of the ego, victimization, and resistance to transformation. It prevents us from taking responsibility for our own lives.

🌟 The Power of Choice

The good news is that change doesn't need to be a colossal leap to be transformative. Small steps, when taken with intention and consistency, have the power to break the pattern of inertia. A different decision, made today, no matter how minor it seems, can open doors and reveal paths that previously seemed impassable.

This perspective resonates with various schools of thought:

• Carl Jung (Analytical Psychology) invites us to confront our shadows as a condition for change, and complaining can be a subterfuge to avoid this encounter with our darker side.

• Zen Buddhism teaches us that resistance to impermanence is a source of suffering, and the refusal to accept change is an attachment to what no longer serves us.

Given this, some questions arise: What would become possible if, instead of indulging in complaining, we opted for the courage to change? What limiting patterns are we perpetuating by remaining stagnant?

The "Angel with Amnesia" project invites us to awaken from this paralyzing inertia. The journey of change can be challenging, it is true, but staying in the same place is a choice that, in the long run, proves much more costly.

Therefore, today, may we choose action. May we choose transformation. May we choose awakening. Even if that awakening begins with a single, small, but significant step.