II.
You can change your clothes and you can change your soul. Both take effort, but differ in the approach. When you change your clothes, the world can take notice. When you change your soul, it is possible that none will notice.
If you claim to have changed your clothes, many can see and verify. But when you claim to have changed your soul, you can hide the truth from almost everyone.
This wasn't the first time that Joshua claimed to change his soul. And each time it was an overwhelming decision--one in which he was consumed entirely by the change. But what he sought was not an elemental change in the substance of his soul or even his heart. Joshua sought a change in his association.
It is well-known that your associations hold the key to who you are. Surround yourself with great people and you, yourself, can be great. Surround yourself with evil and you are the same.
And now Joshua surrounded himself with Jews. And not just Jews, but the most religious, most observant Jews he could find.
Joshua had shed the clothing of his previous associations. And he wore the new, not with pride, but with hope. It wasn't a new way of life. It was a password, a link, the key to his future associations. He merely peeled off the one set of clothing, left the priesthood behind, a put on the clothing of a Chassidic Jew.
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Is this an ongoing fiction you are writing?
Yes it is.
I'm not sure that the statement that you can change your soul without being noticed outwardly rings true. I also find it inconsistant with the remainder of the section. Otherwise, very intriguing.
Please, do keep writing. I'm very interested.
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