These days I am believing more in the idea of nature rather than nurture. Genetics rather than environment. And it's a bit of a pessimistic thought, one that has the small niggling idea that you can't change yourself no matter how you try.
Because if it is due to environment, surely it means that your personality, your life, your mentality towards work, etc is more malleable. Things can shape you. You can grab the environment and change it. You can.... change yourself.
It's the idea of being in control of your own destiny.
Or being in control of yourself.
I'm not talking about self-control. I'm not talking about having the willpower to sit down and get things done or not eat that last bite of ice cream.
Or maybe I am, a little bit. I haven't decided yet.
But I'm just wondering why it's so difficult to change. Why is it so difficult to do this or that. Even intelligence. There is only so much one can study or work hard to compare to others. Or maybe one's gravitation towards certain tasks, or polarization away from them. And intrinsic like or dislike of another person. To go out and be social or stay inside and ignore the world.
There is room for God to change people.
But is it possible to change yourself? The intrinsic part, the visceral part that refuses. Or responds without prompting. Or is that just human nature and part of everyone?
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