Change

I have never been very good at adapting to change. Some people don't. It is hard to deal with. When your life is going good and all of a sudden it goes down at different path, we don't know how to handle it. My parents divorced when I was almost ten in 1990. I will never forget the day they told me. I had the perfect childhood because I didn't know anything else out there. I was used to my daily routine of coming home from school everyday and playing with my friends in the neighborhood. It was our safe haven. It was our own little world and then I had to move away from them. I didn't go too far, I went about two cities away but I was very depressed. My mom and I lived in a small apartment and I didn't have any neighbors who were my age. I just rode my bike everyday alone. It was very hard. To this day, I still think about my own little world that I once had. My friends and I didn't know about the real world out there and didn't care to know it.

Once you establish a comfort zone, it is hard to leave it. A friend of mine and I had a comfort zone, whenever I was down, I would go to his house and watch movies, hang out, go out and do something fun, and play games. It was like my own little world again like my childhood one. He is leaving this month to return home. It is hard to let go of someone who is special to you knowing you won't see them as much as you used to. My little world was disappearing once again. A lady I work with was one of my former teachers and she taught me when I was going through my parents' divorce. She reminded me of how depressed I was and I almost starting crying in front of her. I told her it is still hard to deal with.

Change happens whether we like it or not: Things ALWAYS change and things come to an end. That's life. There are somethings we can do about change:
1. Pray about it
2. Gather all the facts
3. Accept that change is coming before it arrives.
4. Focus on things that are steady and certain.
5. Keep an open mind and open communication.
6. Conduct a private attitude check.
7. Incorporate the change into your normal routine.

This list is from the magazine Becoming 2: The Complete New Testament

You may leave comments of how change affects your life. Sometimes change is good and sometimes it is bad. What do you think?