Embrace Change

THE ART OF IVAN TIRADO
EMBRACE CHANGE
The definition of ‘change’ in the dictionary points out to ‘make it different’. Simple enough. Change doesn’t have to be drastic, although it is often perceived that way. Changing little things also make a big difference and can propel to greater more drastic changes. Sometimes changes come without invitation in the form of opportunities. That is also a good thing. Some people need that extra push towards change. I like and embrace change. If I was as flexible with my body as I am with adapting to the surrounding situations I could make a good contortionist.

I would hate to live the same things over and over again for many years. It makes me think of Forest Gump and how there were the same people doing the same thing for years and years. My hometown is like that too. I love my hometown of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The feeling of revisiting my roots is always great and makes me realize I couldn’t stay there. People do the same things they did when I was a little kid. If they had no successors they left an empty space, a building falling apart along with the memories. In very few cases they left the task to their children who are now doing exactly the same. I couldn’t do that. I have so much to see and do elsewhere.

Looking back at the goals I designed for myself I can’t be anything but thankful. My life changes constantly. Some changes are drastic, but others are small and building up in multiple directions. At the beginning of the year I had some goals that multiplied and others that stopped or slowed down. I was looking one way to accomplish something but opportunities came from a different direction (and keep coming) to accomplish something else. Life keeps moving and goals keep reshaping themselves. It is perfect!

Living under the lie that we can plan and control everything in our lives will only leave us disappointments. Don’t get me wrong: planning is important. However, being capable of flexibility and adaptation to changes is even more important. Rigid trees break with the wind. Flexible ones move with and stay planted and strong. Embrace change!

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