Embracing Change
Finding happiness in the strangest places has been a thing that is relatively new to me. Is it strange or is it just different, out of the norm?
Doing things outside of my comfort zone has been the theme for me lately. I was never the type to go out of my way to feel uncomfortable or different, I liked sticking to what I know.
Although that doesnโt include food, oddly enough I donโt mind trying different types of food. In life, change sometimes scares me.
Imagine being one way for so long and out of nowhere, like a spontaneous gust of wind, everything changes. They say sometimes change can be good and I agree but what if that change overwhelms you?
Being overwhelmed can be good but it can also terrify you if the situation isnโt embraced. I suppose thatโs what Iโve been trying to do for a while now.
Hereโs an example, graduating. Call it morbid or insecurities, but I thought the day of my graduation would never come. Now that is not saying that I wasnโt working hard, because I was, I just never thought it would happen.
That might be an unusual thing to say but itโs the truth. Graduating and becoming an adult, doing adult things was overwhelming but gradually Iโve been embracing the change.
In a sense, Iโve been taking charge of it all. The fear is still there but itโs not all-consuming.
Getting my first job was new for me. Itโs an internship but being able to work and say โI have work in the morningโ was pretty exciting and in that respect I was doing what I love.
All these changes I guess you could say is all part of being an adult. Change in life is always hard. Sometimes you look at life and wonder why does change need to happen? But if you think of the evolution of life, itโs all because of change.
I wanted to run away from the constant changes in my life, but I didnโt because it wasnโt fair. You could run as far as you can but that would never stop the change from happening.
It would be like you standing as the parade is going by watching everyone else have fun and creating a story for themselves whilst you do nothing.
The meaning of the word โChangeโ is pretty simple: to make or become different. So, itโs better not to be basic and simple but be different, evolve with the world and yourself.
Thatโs one of the things I am taking with me but holding that overwhelming feeling tight and let the change happen. Embrace the change, donโt run, nothing good comes from running even though it can be hard not to run.
Embrace it!
By Deanna Tuitt
