Better and best, are essentially talking about change. It’s about being in a state of change. By definition, once you’re the best there is literally nowhere else to go. Being the best is already a dead end. Being better however merely means you need to be better than who you are today. And in every day following there has to be a spark of growth at the very least. So if you are continuously bettering yourself there can never be a place where you are the best.

The reason for this state of mind is predominantly linked to another concept called the comfort zone. Human nature being what it is, loves to wallow in the comfort zone. Once you hit this comfort zone like a hippo hits a pool of mud, then it’s getting out that’s virtually impossible. And pitfalls in life usually happen when we are in the comfort zone. When we are in a position of bettering ourselves really, there is an intuitive awareness that arises from this process that keeps you alert, that keeps you appreciative and above all, keeps you in a state of anticipation. Growth, however small means that you are not the person that you were yesterday. Hence, when you change the world changes. The key to changing the world is in fact changing oneself. Changing the world is not something that anyone who has a certain maturity and understanding of life will ever attempt to do. Ultimately every one of us who tries to go out to change the world, end up being tyrants.

Every tyrant at one point deluded himself or herself into believing that they were doing it for the greater good. That they were ultimately teachers and the ultimate benefactor was mankind. Sadly, at some juncture all this altruism and goodwill fades and what prevails is one’s need to achieve one’s goals at all costs. This eventually translates into the axiom which every tyrant believes in - that the goal always is higher and better and supersedes the ways. And the minute you reach that juncture, you have become a tyrant.

The fundamental difference in those who change themselves is in believing that the means are always far superior to the goal. That the journey is the destination. So change becomes inevitable, becomes necessary and becomes a state of being. Ultimately though, the simple truth is if you don’t change, you die. Why die? Because our journey to the cemetery began from the day we were born. When we are in a constant state of change, the issue of the destination becomes irrelevant. Every day by itself is a destination. Time then becomes timeless. The minute you stop changing, you get back into the clutches of time and your journey to the cemetery continues.

This does not mean however that death will evade us or that those who believe and practice change every day will never face death. What it means is, to those of us who live in a state of change, every day becomes a chapter by itself. A new one begins the day after. That becomes merely a precursor to the next stage. Every day one is born again. So, clearly it is ultimately best to believe that better is best.