The Only Thing That's Certain Is That Everything Will Change

The Only Thing That's Certain Is That Everything Will Change

We've all heard that saying in one way or another. I first heard it in a song by Bob Seger. Throughout my life I've calculate that 20% of people would prefer nothing would change in their life, 20% not only expect change, but will make decisions and take actions to make changes and 60% expect changes, but don't look forward to it happening.

I'm more in the class that accepts changes and have many times in my life made changes because the current situation was not making me happy or a change would make me even happier. Where are you on this subject? BTW, there is no right answer. However, there are a few wrong answers.

The wrong answer is: "I don't want anything to change because I'm concerned it will make my unhappy life worse." The wrong answer is: "I don't want to make a change because I have no confidence that I'll get it right." The wrong answer is: "I accept my life as it is even if I know it could be better." The wrong answer is: "I'm going to keep my life very, very simple so any change will not affect me."

The problem with these wrong answers is that we don't have control of change. As the saying goes, "the only thing that's certain is that everything will change." The only way I know of that will guarantee nothing will change your life is to put a gun to your head and pull the trigger.

Shit happens. Mother Nature can force a change in your life. Terrorists can force a change in your life - just ask the people in New York or Boston. A spouse or girlfriend/boyfriend can change your life for the negative or the positive. The lottery can change your life. Illness or accident can change your life. An old parent can change your life for the negative or for the positive.

We don't have control over these events so we should just accept that it's certain something at some time in your life will change your life. The right answer is do you have enough love of life to turn a negative into a positive. Do you want happiness so much that the negative change, that's certain to happen, will not steal the happiness from you?

Do you want happiness so much that the positive change, that's certain to happen, will be embraced and shared with everyone else.