You Can or You Must

People get scared for many different reasons, and they react in many different ways. Sometimes their reaction can be instinctive and out of character. In this way, someone strong can be weakened; but is this weakness out of context? Are we defined as the sum of our instinct or as the sum of our choices? Does one moment of weakness balance out all the other moments of strength?

Instinct is what we must do because it is our true nature and everything else is what we can do because we choose to do it. Fear blurs the difference and can lead to identity crisis and loss of self. When this happens, we either collapse or endure.

There are two reasons why someone changes: because you can or because you must. Believe in what you can, but -

Always trust what you must.