Change

Change can be really annoying. At one moment you think the world is perfect, the next, everything changes.

Change can happen suddenly, where you're on the edge of a cliff one moment and the next you're dead, becuase your cat decided to scare you at that moment, which is a sudden change from her normal, purring, happy attitude.
Or, change can be gradual. Your cat has been growing more and more menacing toward you because you keep forgetting to take the bones out of her favorite salmon dish. You should have know better than to take her to the edge of a cliff with you, but you didn't see the change because it was so gradual, and the next thing you know, you're dead.

Okay, let's use a less drastic example. Friendships. Two girls can be friends for eighteen years, and then get into a fight one day (probably over a boy) and never talk again. Or, they can slowly grow apart, until they're thirty and think, "I wonder what happened to that girl that I used to hang out with when I was younger. She was so nice."

Change can happen in any area of life. It can be in friendships, as mentioned, in workplaces, social status, location, temperature, color, body weight, hair style, candy choices, and fashion preferences. Change can happen when we least expect it. Change can happen the moment we decide for it to happen.

Change can be for better or for worse. Take a change in social circles, for example. You will move away from some old friends, but meet new friends at the same time. Losing the old friends is an example of bad change, if those friends really meant something to you. Making new friends is a good change, especially if you can form wholesome relationships with them.

Change must be taken in stride, from one day to the next. Change cannot be helped, no matter how hard we try to stop it. Change will make us stronger, even if it hurts us in the process. Let us embrace it, and use it for good.