Blog #7

For my blog, i typed in story about change into google and found a 'motivational speech' about how you can change any aspect of your life by making different choices. The author, Jim Rohn, believes that any day you wish you can wake up and change something that you aren't happy with or are unsatisfied with simply by making different choices. "Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year.". He makes it sound so simple that it seems as if anyone could do it. When I relate this philosophy to the situation Rukmani was in in Nectar in a Sieve I cannot seem to find an answer. From rohns perspective, Rukmani should just be able to snap her fingers and change her attitude about her living situation and go find a job and make money and all will be well. Clearly this is not a practical answer. The final thoughts he leaves you with at the end of his article are, "If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life - and it all begins with your very own power of choice." I can see where this could be true with certain parts of ones life, but not with everything as he makes it sound. What choices did Rukmani have that could so dramatically change her life for the better?

Rohn, Jim. "Change begins with choice". Motivational Quotes. 24 June 2003. 22 Feb 2009