Excerpts from "What If You're Scared of Change?"
By Amy Bloom
Change can be wonderful...we want it as much as we fear it and we need it as much as we need safety...It doesn't matter whether you like change or not, whether you embrace it or run in the opposite direction. Not only will changes be taking place, they will be taking place all the time, with and without your participation, from the mouse-sized (they no longer make your favorite suntan lotion) to elephant-sized (death, divorce, and disability). Your only choice is to take steps toward change...or to wait and see what surprises the universe has for you as you cling to what you thought was safety...
Mostly, change is as inevitable as rain in the spring. Some of us just put on our raincoats and splash forward, some of us choose to stay home, a few admirable nuts shed their clothes and cavort in the yard, and some people go out and get deeply, resentfully, and miserably wet. And no matter what, the rain falls.
