Thereās no water in that river that was there ten years ago.
The boundaries have shifted in that time as well, thereās no riverbank thatās exactly where it was. And the silt and the fish have all moved too.
So, whatās āthe Mississippi Riverā?
Itās a label, a placeholder, and a markerāwhen the Mississippi does something we donāt expect it to do, we comment on it.
People are like this as well. What if you could only be known for the best (or the worst) thing you ever did? Youāre not that person now, and itās likely youāll never be that person again. But thatās the label we gave you.
When we talk about the organization or the brand or that neighbor down the street, we act as these are immutable objects, basic unchanging elements or static facts.
But like rivers, people change.
When the label stops being useful, we should change it. The problem with holding a grudge is that it makes your hands too full to do anything useful.
