Change is quite the ambiguous concept. Some see it in big Broadway flashing lights, starstruck with the opportunities it boasts, while others would rather shove it into a tiny box in the deepest, darkest corner of their room. I used to fall in the middle of this spectrum, tending to waver from one extreme towards the other. But recently, I’ve come to realize I am in love with this inevitable aspect of life.

According to Mahatma Gandhi-yes I am quoting Gandhi- “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. We are in college, a time of finding ourselves, making some rather interesting-and sometimes questionable-choices, all the while accepting the whirlwind of an overwhelming and vast sea of change waiting to crash down on us, how would you choose to handle that? Personally, I would embrace it.

Of course, there is the ever looming “silent” period we go through when massive changes occur in our lives. A time of getting our grip and realizing we have to go through a bit of darkness and uncertainty before we can reach the light again, but it will get better and it is undoubtedly worth it.

And at first this seems like a tad much to handle, but then you’ll start to realize that doors are opening and there will be unfamiliar, but friendly and inviting faces behind them. Maybe you’ll be exposed to a new aspect of life you never knew existed, you might fall in love with the endless opportunities that this change in your life has handed to you. Immerse yourself in these new experiences, and open yourself up to start living your life with a bit of uncertainty. Sure, you might get a few things wrong, but you’re trying something new and there is no shame in that.

Change is only what you make of it. Its purely your perspective, and everyone has a different window they peer into the world from. You can decide to thrive and embrace the new differences or put the inevitable in that tiny box in the dark corner. I choose to fall in love with the transition and truly embrace the new.