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The need to constantly remind ourselves to do the right thing—what we might call mindfulness—is only necessary because there are parts of ourselves that either we cannot change or, perhaps, should not change. We do not need to tell our mind to stop thinking, or tell our heart to stop feeling.

We need not transform ourselves and eviscerate our identity every time we make mistakes or go astray. We are who we are; there always will exist parts of it that need to be fixed, parts that should not be fixed, and parts that cannot be fixed. To live our best life, we must be able to discern between them with clarity.