' I Changed '...

I was neurotic for years.. I was anxious and depressed and selfish.. Everyone kept telling me to change.. I resented them and I agreed with them, and I wanted to change, but simply couldn't, no matter how hard I tried.. Then one day someone said to me, Don't change.. I love you just as you are. Those words were music to my ears: Don't change, Don't change. Don't change . . . I love you as you are. I relaxed. I came alive.. And suddenly I changed! ......................... Anthony de Mello