Change

Photo by Liviu Gorincioi

Change is the most difficult yet is much needed in our lives. Things change, we change, life changes, people change, our environment change, years change, age change, everything changes but God. 

We struggle with change because, one, we either walk into a new era with expectations based on what we have been told or seen from others, but when our expectations are not met, we fight and even hate change. 

The second reason based on my understanding, is being comfortable in a position where we are and all of a sudden a change happens that forces us to deal with it.  Anything that disturbs status-quo is an enemy, especially when it’s a change that comes with certain limitations. Because our minds like things to be easy.

When faced with obstacles that come with change, we tend to be ungrateful of things around us however fabulous they may be. There is a saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. The same applies in real life. If you date a woman who is 90% perfect but 10% imperfect, if their imperfection is something that will drain you, you will be too blind to see the 90% perfection in her. 

It is also said that sometimes we get the right man/woman/job/opportunity that we need but when we did not plan for, expect or prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally and psychologically for it, we will not see those things as opportunities or a blessing.

From 2015 to 2019 I have learned about change, the struggles that come in accepting change, and worse enough, the toxicity that comes from the inside out based on my reception of the so called ‘change’.