The inevitability of change
Change. The inevitable. An uncontrollable aspect of life that everyone is forced to deal with. Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual or social. Every second of every day for a lifetime. As Penny says, "the only thing that stays the same is the fact that everything changes". Be it friends, your thoughts, beliefs, nothing stays the same. But if you really think about it, nothing can. As humans it is quite normal to resist change. Being creatures of habit, we tend to like things the way they are to stay how they are. But the sheer force that is just out of our control can be a frustrating and frightening encounter filled with anger and anxiety. But acceptance, is something new i came across recently. I think we've all accepted change as inescapable and yet it is not easy. But the ability to understand change as it happens and the power to embrace it can be fearful but powerful. As Socrates famously said, "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fi...