Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Change.

It's a funny thing. It can be good, bad, wonderful, terrible, necessary, unexpected, planned or overwhelming. And when we look back, we realize just how huge of a role it plays in our lives.

Every day we go through change. We change physically, mentally, and emotionally. We mature and we grow and we become weak or strong. So much of change is based on our surroundings and our lifestyles, but so much more of change is based on who we already are. Without change the world would be stagnant and there would be no point in living.

Change can be hard. Why does one new thing have to effect so much else? People so focused on the future that they forget to live in the present. Who cares what will happen down the road? Do what makes you happy and have no regrets. Be someone who can look back on life and realize that while there were a lot of negatives and life threw you quite a few curveballs you survived and it just made you stronger and helped to shape the person you are today. Learn to laugh at yourself or everyone else will always have the upper hand. Be who you are and who you want to be and if you don't like the person you're becoming, do something about it. Initiate your own change. If you never take the risks, you will never reap the rewards. Sure, not all leaps will end happily. There will be tears and there will be pain, but a life without pain isn't a reality. The scrapes and bruises we accumulate along the way are minor distractions in the grand scheme of life.

It's so amazing how change happens. We are so different than we were a few years ago, a few months ago, a few weeks ago, a few days ago, or even a few hours ago. We learn from our pasts and we make changes. Most of the time we don't even realize we are changing. We do it subconsiouscly, our natural reaction to whatever happens to us. Life is such a beautiful thing. How crazy is it that we don't have to force ourselves to be different. We learn and we grow. It's awesome.

That's about the extent of my thoughts today.
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