“You’re different. You’ve changed.” Everyone’s heard these terms at least once in their life and half the times we don’t even really know what that means. I’ve seen my surroundings either come together or completely fall apart with each other because of change, so it can be really difficult to distinguish if change is a good or a bad thing. However. in the end, change is constant. And even though they may be the same word, they can mean two things.

Change can be taken for granted too often. It’s scary. It can consist of abandoning a lifestyle that you considered normal, or outgrowing a habit that you considered typical. Despite all these irritating fears and unfamiliarities that come with that star of change, in the end, there’s such a strong reason why it should be embraced. Maybe you’ve gained a higher maturity level or discovered people to support you through the years of even just a moment. Maybe you’ve found yourself happier than before, and have stopped placing pity upon yourself.

There are about a billion ways or reasons you may of changed, correction, evolved. And what’s funny about it, the things that you find great about yourself is what others may find the worst. Sometimes you feel like your level of immaturity has lessened and lessened, yet that’s the one thing that’s made you changed. And no, this is not “subs” to anyone, this is just what I’ve conclude from everything in these past nineteen years. A part of changing is realizing who really knew you in the first place, as well as who sees yours changes the same way that you do.

However, there are reasons why people have a right to take change for granted. Some people act completely different, which is just another factor of change, but still a different kind of change. Things like having a mean attitude, completely forgetting the people who love you, or making actions that you are not proud are just some of the few reasons why change is seen as and evil. And, don’t get me wrong, it can be. People’s behavior can change on a dine. Sometimes you don’t recognize the person staring back at you, and that’s just fine. Change has so many different factors and interpretations, it’s annoyingly and overwhelmingly ambiguous.

A lot of people don’t realize that change can have two completely different meanings. In our everyday, change is constant. And some people are going to like the change you do, and some people won’t tell you that in not the greatest way. But why does that matter? It’s you who’s changing? If they don’t understand that, maybe they never understood you? However, when a person’s attitude or behavior changes into something mean or unrecognizable at all, that’s what change. Evolving is an important part of change and even though it is change, it’s not the same thing as changing. As anyone continues to change, they need to distinguish these two definitions of it, before anyone else has the right to tell them who they’ve really become.