At a car assembly line you see parts go in one end and cars come out the other.<\/p>\n

If you walk through, you also see it takes a week for the parts to become a car.<\/p>\n

Yet cars come out at the rate of one-per-minute.<\/p>\n

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Your ‘self’ is exactly like that.<\/p>\n

To re-gear for a different assembly takes some time … to show!<\/p>\n

Parts are now<\/strong> being changed to accommodate your new choices, new desires, new image.<\/p>\n

New things are now<\/strong> being done.<\/p>\n

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All this without stopping the line.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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You are working around yourself. And that takes time.<\/p>\n

Yet you stand at the end of the line and still see the old you coming out.<\/p>\n

So you get discouraged, which stops the changes.<\/p>\n

Then you get enthused again and restart those same changes.<\/p>\n

And stop again. And …<\/p>\n

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When you start to get discouraged because something triggers you into seeing a part of your old self acting up, remember this is happening while the assembly line is running. So, of course you’ll see the old self come through.<\/p>\n

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Now take a look at the bits and pieces that are the new self. They are also there.<\/p>\n

Then, instead of being discouraged by the old parts, you\u00a0feel encouraged by the new ones.<\/p>\n

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And the changes speed up.<\/p>\n

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