Day 86: Deep Down In Me

I've always been one to hate people trying to change me. I've always stuck vehemently to what I thought was me, and have fought tooth and nail to defend it. I remember when I had my very first girlfriend at 12; we used to write each other 'love' letters. Lying down on the carpet in front of the television at home, pen and green paper in hand, I recall defending my position - writing down in no uncertain terms that I didn't want her to change me and that I was quite comfortable with my being. I was 12! At that early age my every nerve, sinew and impulse was opposed to people changing me. I've been like that ever since and only now, at 27, have I realised that change isn't such a bad thing. Letting people change you (for the better) doesn't make you a weaker person; it makes you a learner. I've discovered that no-one can change what's deep down inside me, because that's mine - all mine. All mine...