Change

Change is an inherent aspect of life and existence, it is a force that transforms each individual’s personality and interests. It is a constant phenomenon that brings about challenge and opportunity. Despite the overall scale of the transformation, change encourages us to form our growth and development.

Change acts as a stimulant for our personal growth. Change requires us as human beings to adapt to the situation around us in order to learn new skills and engage with foreign perspectives, helping us to embrace different experiences. Change contributes to our personal development through forcing us to face and confront various challenges and at least attempt to overcome various different obstacles. This helps us to build resilience, determination and adaptation. However, change can also help us learn from our mistakes and other negative changes helping us to contribute to a bigger, better positive change in the future.

Change also contributes to the development of our society as a whole. Change is the very way we can define the development of our society and our advancement into a more modernised and technological era. This is seen in our various technological developments over the years from the discovery of fire, to the invention of the wheel, to the modern development of artificial intelligence which is rapidly becoming integrated into our everyday lives. We also see innovation in areas such as transportation, communication and medicine. We also see shifts in beliefs and culture which change is accountable for. This alteration in conventions and norms challenges outdated traditions and further promotes inclusivity and equality.

Change comes with learning to navigate any potential resistance and fear towards change. Fearing the unknown translates to finding change rather intimidating as it disrupts daily, familiar routines in our lives because of the need to adapt towards the change. This common fear of the unknown no doubt leads to resistance towards change, however, by embracing it, we are faced with new doors, opportunities and possibilities. By overcoming this attraction to familiarity and desire to keep the same routine, we recognize the potential benefits of embracing change and can lead to our personal growth, innovation and progress as individuals. Navigating change also means we build resilience by constantly adapting to the various circumstances in life and finding our way back from setbacks in order to maintain a positive mindset.

In conclusion, change is an inevitable and necessary aspect of life. It pushes us away from our comfort zone within our daily routines in order to present us with potential opportunities for growth and transformation. By embracing the change, we discover resilience, adaptation and more skills which will help to create a better future for ourselves and for generations to come. Therefore, let us welcome change into our society and accept the alterations it brings.

Siddharth Josyula, 8L