Change

All change is scary, physical changes, emotional changes, philosophical changes, they’re all very difficult. Many times, it is easier to reject change. Even your own body rejects change. Biologically we all crave stasis, it’s better for survival in a world that we no longer live in. We also crave community, but a desire for a comfortable community only produces more of the same. If what you are doing now isn’t working or isn’t working as well as it should, the solution isn’t more of the same. Improvement comes from perspective shifts; the only way I change is by making the choice to change. I get better by conscious effort. Right now, many things about myself are changing and it’s been very difficult, but I would also say it’s been better. Impermanence is a part of everything and most things you want to change are changeable, but it’s not easy. The decision then becomes whether you believe it’s worth it.