If you change nothing, nothing will change.

I am one who does not like change. In fact, I hate it. I hate how everything is going well and then suddenly your schedule is all mixed up. I don't like being pushed out of my comfort zone, but that's what change does. It pushes you so far out of your comfort zone that you don't even know what to do with yourself except accept it, learn from it, and grow with it.

My 3 year old niece and I are a lot alike in the sense that we both hate change. I, being almost 22, can handle it better than she can (most of the time). If my brother & sister-in-law know a big change is going to happen (like when she was going to have a little sister) they do a good job of preparing her for it. Easing her into the situation and talking about it with her. But sometimes change happens so fast that you can't prepare for it. It just happens and you have to find a way to handle it. My dad just resigned from being the pastor at our church for the last 20 years and my parents are moving an hour and half away. Even though it's not an extremely fast paced move, it's still faster than I would like. This is one of the biggest changes that I've had to go through. I've never known what it's like to not be a pastor's kid. I've never gone to a church where my dad isn't the pastor. There are lots of ways I could handle this situation, I could either be mad at my parents for leaving me (which would do me no good and make no difference in their decision) or I can be supportive and happy for them and become a responsible adult.

Sometimes the mature decision isn't always the decision you want to make, but it's the best one to make. No one ever wants to step out of their comfort zone, but if you don't try it every once in awhile, you'll miss out on some great opportunities life has for you.

CHANGE:

Accept it. Learn from it. Grow with it.