Universal Guidance

I have never been good with change.

Well that is not exactly true

I move often without fear, I take on new jobs, I play different roles

There are many things that change that don't even phase me

Yet in opposition to that there are many things that do.

Something I have always marveled at is the contrast in emotional change

At the beginning he/she may be cute

At the end he/she is childish

At the beginning he/she may be tenacious

At the end he/she is stubborn

You get the idea.

This is a change I am not good with.

I don't know how to take that from anyone.

I don't see how people can feel so much at one point and then find its opposite at another

Along with that kind of change I am not good with breaking my routines

Now this one is interesting as it encompasses both the change I can and can't handle

For all my routines get changed when I move

But once I have established the new routine it is difficult for me to break

Now the one good thing about this is that I see it and I recognize it a foolishness

So I will often be caught taking a deep breath and muttering about change is okay

For really if you make the bed before you shower or after does it really matter? 

(exaggeration but you get the point)

The above statements apply so well to changed plans.

I recognize that plans change and nine out of ten times I will have the same amount of fun on changed plans as I will on the ones that were previously made

However; if I had my mind set on something ...

Well I am getting much better at taking that deep breath and reminding myself that change occurs

In the past two years so much turbulence has occurred that change is constant

It benefits me for I don't need to take the deep breath as often

I just roll with the flow

This is not to say I am perfect but it is nice to reflect once in awhile

And feel/notice that one has grown personally

I find that I am more open to change but I still catch myself 

With a bit of frown wondering when it happens

I am glad it takes less time to roll with it than when I was younger

This is not to say that any of it is relevant today or tomorrow

It is just the thought that travelled through my head today 

As I looked around at all the change that has occurred in my life 

Since I joined a little company for a summer show because of 

A guy I met doing an audition