My friends and family have directly experienced a number of life changing events over the last couple of months, for myself the impacts have been somewhat indirect but still part of my life.

This got me thinking about how life is a constant series of changes – the frequency and impact varies, but the change never stops.

Change is Good

A long time ago I added “change is good” to my set of personal values.  The concept resonated with me and it felt like a good fit with my other values and personal philosophy.

With the frequency of changes occurring around me recently I started to think about my change value in a slightly different context.

Perhaps intuitively I realized change is inevitable.   Given it’s constant and all around us,  embracing the changes and going with the flows will result in much more positive results. (Sort of, why fight it you won’t win anyway?)

Even those things that have negative emotions associated with them are going to occur and need to be worked through.

Ultimately, my personal acceptance of change( that is any change), as being good because things need to change lays a foundation for acceptance.  I am the one who chooses how I deal with changes, and also I have a personal accountability to do so, changes cannot just be ignored.

Where would we be without change

The other aspect of this value about embracing change is the recognition that life is all about change.  Without changes, what is the point of living.  Things occur, some happen to us and some we make happen but all of these things form the reason to live.

Maybe a simple answer to the deep philosophical  question “Why am I here?”   is basically to both experience and embrace ongoing change.