How often do you shift gears in life?

Honestly, I used to hate change.  I remember just right before high school was over, all I ever wanted was to just stop time at that very instant.  Oh, just let the birds that are flying be stuck in the sky forever, and the waves of the ocean freeze like the ice cream inside my freezer.  It's not like my high school years were that memorable or anything, but I've always was a person who never truly saw the importance of change.  It's not until college that I sort of eased into accepting these subtle and vast alterations in my daily life.

As humans, our emotions shift up and down, and we have to be able to adapt to whatever situation that is presented to us.  For me, changing or editing my course on life depends on how I feel at that very particular time and place.  If I don't like where my life is heading, I gotta shift gears, or I'll by sailing up the creek without a paddle.  But I do understand that it's hard at times to make decisions on what to do next in life, when one is presented with such difficult circumstantial dilemmas.  Heck, I don't know if I should even be writing this, or I should be doing my homework right now!  It's an arduous process, and one should shift gears when they are ready to--they'll decide when their time seems right for them.  Don't ever rush it.

The world is always changing and evolving.  And as Alan Watts would say, "It gives spice to life." 


Thinh Nguyen