change the changes!

NOTE: this was originally posted on my other blog (The Sketcher's Sketches) on 3/18/2008, but i find it more fitting here, hence, the transfer.

they say, the only constant thing on earth is "change". either you changed for the good or you changed for the bad, you still changed. and the fact that you already changed cannot be changed anymore. (uh...?)

the sudden update here in our office is really a shock to all of us. and as of this writing, i'm still very much surprised or rather upset. you see, i just got recently promoted to this department i've been working so hard to get for 6 months and just after a couple of months of enjoying my stay here, i'll be transferred to a new area next week. i really wanted to stay here for at least a year because i really like what we do here and then suddenly, there's this update that will again change my life. (sigh)

i just realized there's a lot about "change" that i must have overlooked and forgotten to appreciate. accept it or not, everyday, changes happen. sometimes when "changes" are just too good, we tend to overlook them. we even don't appreciate them at all. but when "changes" are too bad that they affect our lives to the extent that we no longer want to keep on going, it then becomes a big deal. we tend to be so negative about it. we tend to be mad, to be less productive. why? because we love what we used to see, hear, smell, feel, what we used to receive - what we used to do. but if we would just realize the importance of change and not the negative effects it could bring to our lives, i think we'll be much happier and more productive.

change -- may it be good or bad should be considered as "blessings". as the saying goes, "life is like a box of chocolates, you'll never know what you can get". even if you got the smallest piece of chocolate or the most awful in taste, if you'll come to think of it, what you got is still chocolate. and who doesn't like chocolates? we all love chocolates because it's delicious! so, change is just like a box of chocolates too. to be inspired, just think that you'll still get a chocolate nomatter what size (or taste).

change is a blessing in disguise, and we should thank GOD for all our blessings. in fact, the Bible says, "in everything, give thanks". everything is every thing - whether it's good or bad. we should always be thankful that we still wake up each morning, that we're still breathing, that we still have a chance to change for the better and make a difference in this world, that we still have the blessing of life and love.

good thing that change never changes.