I think I would like to talk about persistence here. When we say that we have tried so many things - it shows that we are looking for some kind of results from some activity that we did regardless of the subject matter. We are trying to change whatever we see in the present. The present is not making us happy and so we want to change it. But at the same time we want the change fast. We forget to realize that whatever shape we are in – physically or mentally did not happen in a day. And when it was gradually happening it was faithfully giving us some warning signals which we ignored. It was easy to ignore at that time because the change was so subtle and so slow that neglecting it did not cause any alarm. So we ignored it to today until we feel that we are so unhappy about it. And guess what – we want to reverse it fast. Now we don’t want to ignore it and want to change immediately because our mind wants it that way. However, if it is the body then it has certain rules and guidelines that it has to follow and will reverse the same way as it moved forward. If it is mental issue, still biological changes do happen with time and can only reverse in due course.

Now trying to change it fast by trying different things one after the other does not help really. There is no magic way that is a good and healthy to reverse the damage done to our body by our own choices. When we say that we tried so many things we are conveying the message that we tried something for a short period of time, did not see the results that we wanted, not how body works, and we moved on to try something else. Now we are treating the body as the laboratory where we can conduct any experiment when we want and if we don’t get the results that we look for we are going to move on. No one is there to check if the results that we want to get are realistic or non realistic. It’s our choice and we can set whatever we want- right? And based on our short term trial based results, we also take the liberty to declare if the things we tried are valid or invalid. How strange!!!!!

I believe persistence in staying with one of the things that you do to improve the situation is good. You need to evaluate the situation, give it some reasonable time, come up with a realistic approach to handle the problem, stick with it for the set time and then go into the conclusion phase before trying out the other thing. It is also good to determine why the activity you tried did not work. Is it that you need to do the same correction activity you are doing for a longer period of time or move over to the other activity to gain the benefits. Take advice from someone knowledgeable, unbiased individual who can help you guide the proper way.

Be reasonable, realistic and persistent with your efforts. The results should follow a good and thoughtful plan.

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