Throughout history, humankind has always been faced with this daunting task. This task has to do with us accepting a new wave of something, something that may have not been the norm leading up to that point. Change, as we call it, can occur at an individual level, from us transitioning from high school to college, to a more grand scale, from voting rights for women to voting rights for African Americans or something of the sort in general. Typically, this change forces us as people to take a side, whether we agree with it, or whether we don't. The change may or may not be avoidable, but as we have seen throughout history, change has often led to more prosperity and overall more happiness in the world, so why do we so vehemently fight against it when it first introduces itself to us?

When trying to understand this concept of change and why it makes us so afraid at first, I like to narrow it down to an individual, and not even an individual that is going through a process that is changing their lives, an individual who may simply be purchasing something that may bring a slight alteration to their lives. Isn't a new smartphone, new video game console, or anything of the sort, a type of change in your life. When we go out to Best Buy or something on Black Friday, we instantly have an idea of what we want in our heads and how we are going to get to it and how it's going to replace the old thing that we have. That is change, yet we don't fight it, it doesn't scare us, as a matter of fact we welcome it with open arms, ready for it to bring this refreshing change into our lives, in the form of a material possession that can give us a bit more happiness.

I understand that this is on a smaller scale, but does it seem any different from when an individual is going through a transitional period in their life? The only thing that is amped up is the nervousness that comes with it, this fear that you are going through a big transition in your life and there may be a chance that your life will never be the same, but deep down you know that nothing overly bad is going to happen that will prove to be detrimental to your life. It is just something that will become a norm and you will just have to embrace and kind of, just live with. For example, the transition from high school to college. Countless people you may talk to will be quick to say, I was to excited to get out of the house and I couldn't want to just be on my own and party all the time and all that. But when you first arrived, it was probably terrifying, the immense change in your daily life most likely proved to be worrisome, but within the week, without fighting anything, you got used to it.

So why fight change on a global scale, especially if it is pushing to make the world into a better place? There are many examples throughout history that change has led to the world being a better place, and what the definition of better is can be based on your interpretation but at the end of the day, none of these changes drastically changed the lives of those that tried to prevent it. So why not just narrow it down to what you feel when you purchase that new iPhone, a sense of optimism when looking into the future because that is how we progress, through change, not by being at a standstill in our overall progression as a species.