# willing to change some of us seem more prepared than others to take on the role of [stable identity](/2025/04/29/stable-identity.md) which is to say, some of us seem more prepared to change into something unknown so as to stabilize the whole I think part of my role here is just to hurt without resisting it — to recognize myself as one thing, and then to *feel* the parts reconfiguring into something else attention is creation, i.e. that-which-is-attended is that-which-exists, and change that is not felt (and, particularly, felt in a way that lets its signature propagate through [metabolisis](/2025/04/17/metabolisis.md)) does nothing for the whole but if I pay attention to my own change, then I can be the first place where the system begins to flex god knows the system needs to flex --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/2025/05/01/willing-to-change.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.