My fingers are itching to type this simple message, a simple reaction to the changes that happened to our team and our company's processes. The past few days, we were confronted by a lot of changes. Too much changes that almost drowned us.
But CHANGE happens.
September reminds me of this. I always remember the time of the year that goes from my birthday in the middle of September through the Holiday Season. The weather changes, the colors of the day and night transform to the familiar hues of red and green. The dark streets are transformed into ecstatic display of lights and sounds.
We TRANSITION.
From the time we are conceived, we continually transform physically without us noticing or knowing it. We transition through life. And many of these changes are things we are not even aware of.
But there are also changes that happen that we are well aware of. Like what we just had a few days back. We all see these transitions (we all know these as realignment and use of CCMS) coming on the horizon. The question is how do we react to these changes?
Do we act like UP students who march on the streets with the slightest provocation, resisting any change that they think are against their liberty and will? Or are we like most of our younger generation, embracing changes as if these are their own? Never mind the analogy, it is just a simple question of whether we resist or embrace changes. Do we move slowly to the "new" or do we hold on to what is comfortable and known to us? Both are valid options. But resisting, most of the time is futile (like in our case) simply because these changes are beyond our control.
SO WHAT DO WE DO THEN?
We sometimes resist change because we are scared of the unknown. It makes us feel uncertain about what will happen next. Oftentimes, we resist change because we do not want to miss the comfortable. We always want to stay or even go back to what we call "the good old days."
It is OK to resist the unknown. It is OK to miss the comfortable. It is OK to feel sad. It is ok to cry for a while. It is OK to be in a state of denial for a certain period of time. But we have to deal with changes. It is a natural part of our lives. We must adapt to these changes in order for us to survive. We need to survive new challenges, new faces, new attitudes, new behaviors, new processes.
Now, try to look back. It is sometimes hard to go through changes when looking back reminds us of how "good and comfortable" the way things were before. But oftentimes, we will realize that there are a lot of great things that happened to our lives because of CHANGE.
Move on. Aim high. Change for the better. Let's make our beloved "Mama" proud of us wherever we go. This is a better way of thanking her for whatever she taught us.
