Change of Heart

It comes as no surprise that change is inevitable. Although there is still more than two months left in 2010, it's safe to say that this year alone, I've dealt with more change than ever before. I worked at a known television channel, wrote the biggest/longest  paper I've ever written, graduated from school, my boyfriend of 5 years and I broke up, and now I'm looking for a job. I will be the first to say that I've never been a fan of change. Well that's not entirely true, I openly embrace change when it is towards something I like/want. I don't believe it's so much change that I am uncomfortable with, more like the uncertainty of not knowing what comes next.

Uncertainty has always made me uncomfortable, not knowing if everything will turn out okay in the end. However, over the last couple of weeks I have made a sincere attempt to welcome change and uncertainty with open arms.

 I am sure everyone at some point as been told that "everything happens for a reason," now whether you find comfort in this saying may depend on religious views or faith, but for me, this saying held no comfort...until now. I understand now that change and how someone deals with it, shapes who they've been, who they are, and who they will become. The basis of human progress is dependent on how people have lived with change over time. Where would we be now if everyone would have been resistant to the telephone or democracy.

I am fortunate enough to say that I have a good life. I never faced any real hardships that some people face everyday. I have a loving family who has/will always support me and I've been fortunate enough to have experienced many diverse and amazing things. I am definitely not against experience of any kind, because as a student of psychology, I believe that experiences make up the majority of who we are. Throughout 2010, I have been be given to opportunity to experience many new things, both good and bad. But I suppose the trick is to learn from all experiences. Sure some are easier to swallow than others, but in the words of Mary Poppins, "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down."

It's easy to allow one negative experiences to overshadow hundreds of positive ones, but it's important to remember that it is those negative experiences that make the positive ones that much better.