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Improvement Will Always Be Better Than Change

Look forward to improving the conditions of your path, not changing it for a different one.

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Have you ever experienced this phenomenon labeled as “Change”? Was there ever a time when you were pushed towards the unknown that you did not quite know how to adapt to but was forced to anyway? I have. I am sure we all have.

I hate the word and the event of change. I will not be the first to admit this. Change grinds my nerves whenever I decide to ponder about life and its endless occurrence of change.

It is inevitable that with the countless twists and turns of life, change will occur. It can happen on a small scale, where someone could decide to only drink bottled water instead of tap water/other assorted beverages. Or change could happen on a big scale; it can ravage the lands of the human race as many the great wars have in our history.

Change, by definition, is the act or instance of making or becoming different/to make or become different. Change takes us out of our comfort zone; it forces us to deal with events that can cause emotions to run astray. Society likes to use change as an ambiguous term, usually referring to something that might be negative from the victim’s point of view. “Change isn’t always THAT bad.” In my point of view, change is very bad. Especially the mindset of how change can affect everyone and it is up to them to make it a godsend. Sure, a happy life always starts inside of you. External events can only do so much to change you. However, the mindset of change makes me sense a lack of responsibility. As the subjects of change, we always have the option to cop out and simply not let it affect us or, to minimize the effect of change towards us as individuals. The mindset of improvement seems to be better substitute for change in this area.

The mindset of improvement leaves no room for falling backwards, leaving your gaze towards the sky. It forces you to move as change does, but it also forces you to improve. When you fall, you fall forward. You see the ground when you fall forward so that when you get back up, you keep you those thoughts of the sky as you trudge forward again.

I am a firm believer that each of us, as individuals have our own personal paths to tread. In the end, there will be only one path for each lifetime. Change leaves too many paths to travel, whereas improvement only one path. It is the making of the path that you are currently on, better. And that path is your path.

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