For some time now, I have been interested in getting into blogging, however I was unable to come up with a passion of mine that I would want to write about even as often as weekly. Tonight as I was writing a note on facebook, it all hit me. I want to be a Motivational Blogger.
The first topic I am going to blog about is change. It is believed that people, some more than others, have a hard time with change because we are comfortable in stability. To change by definition means "to become different" according to dictionary.com, and different by this same website means, "various". I will not spend the whole time with semantics; I do think that it is important to understand how negative connotations can exist with words that are of themselves without positive or negative attributes.
If people desire stability, how can change by its definition above co-exist in a way that allows us to embrace it? First we must recognize that not all stability is good. Our society pushes us to have stable relationships, stable jobs, a stable income. However I think we can all come up with examples of when that stable relationship was unhealthy for one or both parties; or when that stable job did not make us happy; or certain types of stable incomes that may not be considered appropriate. We as people feel, it is a complexity of being an animal, specifically human. Feelings interfere with our thoughts and understandings. What I mean by this is that because we feel, and because we have expectations, we associate feelings with these expectations. Stability has a good feeling, while change has a not so good feeling. I wish this challenge this concept and show you how change can be as warm, and even warmer than stability, and that it all requires you to make the choice on how you want to see it.
Change provides an opportunity for us, that we do not get in a stable cycle. We have the opportunity to grow. A great example of this is the transition from high school to college. As we spend our last year in high school we reflect on the past four years, we think of all the good times we had, the friends we made, the things we did. By this point in our career we have grown accustom to the expectations of our teachers, our parents, our peers, and ourselves. What do I need to do to get by? How can I get an A on this paper so that I pass? What extra curricular activities will be accepted by my peers? College for many new students provides an opportunity to make a decision about who I want to be, rather than who I am expected to be.
I am going to a new school, in another state, WAY bigger than my high school. I have a chance to start with a clean slate, to be who I want to be, to try what I want to try! These are some of the thoughts that go through our heads as we think about college. These are the thoughts I want to promote when thinking about change. These thoughts are full of excitement, because I am beginning to wear my own skin. It is often said that who we are when we start college is not who we will be when we finish college, we change so much. So if we know that we are going to change, why should we be afraid of it? Embrace it, take control, and accept that you have a choice in how you change.
Change is a stable part of our lives, and we spend a great deal of our lives living in it. We don't have to be afraid of it, if we see it for what it is. It is an opportunity for growth and an opportunity to develop as a person. This is a great opportunity. Embrace it.
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Mahatma Ghandi
