IT'S OK TO CHANGE

SO, I LISTEN TO A CERTAIN RAP ARTIST, AND I WON'T SAY THEIR NAME BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE POINT.  THE POINT IS, THAT PEOPLE CHANGE, ALL THE TIME.  IT'S NOTHING NEW, AND IS PERHAPS ENCOURAGED IN ALMOST, ALL PEOPLE.  WE HAVE THIS FASCINATION WITH BEING TRUE, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, AND WE FEEL THAT BY BEING TRUE WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO CHANGE.  WE MUST, "GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP", OR SO TO SPEAK.  IT IS NOT HEALTHY FOR A PERSON TO REMAIN, THE SAME, FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.  THAT IS CALLED STAGNATION.  THE PEOPLE THAT REFUSE TO CHANGE OR EVOLVE, AS THEY SAY, USUALLY DON'T DO MUCH OUTSIDE OF THEIR CURRENT POSITION.  THERE'S A THOUGHT PROCESS THESE DAYS, THAT, WE NEED TO BE REAL AND STAY REAL.  I ATTRIBUTE THIS, TO HIP HOP, AND POSSIBLY J-LO, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GO TOO LONG WITHOUT HER SAYING, OR SINGING, THAT SHE WAS REAL.  SO, THE OVERALL, STANCE SEEMS TO BE YOU CAN'T CHANGE.  THIS RAP ARTIST THAT I LISTEN TO, HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AND HAS NOT ONLY IMPROVED THEIR SOUND, BUT, MATURED LYRICALLY, AND THAT IS EVIDENT IN CONTENT.  HOWEVER, SOME OF THE CONSENSUS, IS THAT HE HAS SOLD OUT, AND HE'S NOT BEING REAL, OR TRUE. 

HOWEVER, WHAT DO WE REALLY MEAN, WHEN WE SAY THINGS LIKE THAT?  IT IS A PRETTY WELL-KNOWN FACT, THAT, PEOPLE WHO PERCEIVE OTHERS' ADVANCES, TEND TO VIEW THEM WITH ENVIOUS EYES, DUE TO THEIR STAGNATION.  WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TRULY SELL OUT?  IN THE SIMPLEST TERMS, IT MEANS TO COMPROMISE YOUR IDEALS, IN LIEU OF MONETARY GAIN.  IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN'T CHANGE, OR YOU CAN'T ADVANCE, OR MATURE.  IT SIMPLY MEANS, THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO FOREGO, THE BASIS OF WHO YOU ARE, AND COMPROMISE, MORALS, GOALS, STANDARDS, IDEALS, ETC., TO BECOME MORE PROMINENT.  IT IS NOT THE SAME AS DEVELOPING, AS A PERSON.  AS LONG AS A PERSON, IS BEING TRUE TO THEMSELVES, THEN, THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY SELLING OUT.  LIFE IS A JOURNEY, AND WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND OUR WAY MOST TIMES.  IT IS DIFFICULT ENOUGH.  HOWEVER, THERE ARE THOSE, WHO ARE STUCK IN THEIR GLORY DAYS, AND CANNOT MOVE FORWARD, THUS MAKING EVERYONE WHO PASSES THEM BY, SEEM FAKE.  IT'S NOT FAKE, YOU JUST CHOOSE TO REMAIN STILL, PROBABLY DUE TO FEAR, OR CLINGING TO THE PEAK YOU'VE ALREADY HAD IN YOUR LIFE (OR SO YOU THINK...YOU ONLY HIT YOUR PEAK, WHEN YOU ACCEPT THAT YOU'VE HIT YOUR PEAK).  THIS APPLIES TO MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, FROM COMMON TO CELEBRITY, PEOPLE SEEM TO JUDGE THOSE WHO ADVANCE.

THIS JUDGEMENT STEMS FROM A SORT OF JEALOUSY.  FIRST OFF, YOU DON'T KNOW THE PERSON DIRECTLY, TO MAKE THIS ACCUSATION, AND THEREFORE HAVE NO BASIS FOR ARGUMENT EITHER WAY.  SECOND, YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT YOUR OWN POSITION ON THIS SUBJECT.  ARE YOU JEALOUS?  OR ARE YOU MAKING AN INFORMED EVALUATION OF AN ENTIRE LIFE AND CAREER?  THIRD, IF THIS IS SOMEONE YOU DO KNOW PERSONALLY, ARE YOU FULLY INFORMED, AS TO WHY THEY MADE THIS DECISION?  FOURTH, IF THEY MADE THIS DECISION, WHAT IN THE ENTIRE FUCK, DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOU?!  STOP BEING THE JUDGMENTAL PRICK, AND DO SOMETHING.  IF YOU ARE ENVIOUS, OF SOMEONE ELSE'S PROGRESS, YOU SHOULD SEEK TO MAKE PROGRESS YOURSELF.  IF YOU ARE CRITICAL, OF SOMEONE ELSE'S CHOICES, THEN YOU SHOULD SEEK TO NEVER MAKE THOSE SAME MISTAKES.  REMEMBER, BEING REAL, AND BEING TRUE, IS SOMETHING WE ARE TO OURSELVES, NOT TO A FAN BASE, OR A CERTAIN PERSON.  PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO GROW, CHANGE, FLOURISH, AND ADVANCE.  THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR PEOPLE, TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS, AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS.  IF NOT, THEN YOU ARE MERELY STIFLED BY ENVY.     -  925