Changes

Change. If you want to make people angry, simply change something about their life. For some reason, we as humans think that once things are the way they are, well, they will be that way forever. I am maybe the most guilty of this charge. Recently Facebook changed their layout...again. Since I created mine, in June 2006, Facebook has been re-designed multiple times, each instance creating an uproar that would make you think that they were adding 5 more years to every high school curriculum. Don't get me wrong, I get as upset when outside forces change the course of my life as much as the rest, but I think that as life goes on it's important to get a handle on *our* reactions to such changes. Change is, as cheesy as this sounds, inevitable. It happens with or without our permission. Actually, if change happens WITH our permission chances are we aren't so upset about the process. One way or another though things shift and twist and abruptly flip around in our lives so fast that by the time life settles down we forget to appreciate the fact that it all turned out ok. So all of this to say, next time Facebook remodels itself, instead of joining thousands of groups protesting the horrid offense on our lives, (and similar scenarios in more important facets of our lives) we should step back, evaluate what's going on, and not freak out. Unless you see that there is legitimate reason to freak out. Then it's ok.