Change

Change.

Not coins and small bills, but the change in ones life.

It happens to everyone. Some people hate it, while others pray for it. It comes in various forms, some good, some bad, and some you haven't quite figured out. Sometimes it comes out of no where. Sometimes it is initiated. I guess you can say it all depends on the type of change we experience.

Somethings have recently changed in my life. Good things. In fact, they are very good things.

When good things happen to us we often ask ourselves, "Why did this happen to me?" Often, when bad things happen to us, we ask the same question. The most important part of this question however is the 'why'.

No one knows why good or bad things happen. Some people believe in the divine favour of God, for example calling things the will of God, or the will of whatever supreme being you believe in. Others put their faith in more systematic beliefs, such as Karma, and the old adage, "what comes around, goes around."

Good things happen to bad people, and bad things happen to good people. We have all seen it before. It will continue to happen for all of eternity. Change is not discriminatory.

The truth is that things happen for a reason.

Everything happens for a reason.

Change happens for a reason.

The reason however is never as clear as we would like it to be.

This is where the 'why' comes in, and the circle repeats itself. Why did this happen to me? If everything happens for a reason, and if the reason is not clear, then why did it happen?

There is the 'why' makes its big return.

I believe the the purpose of human existence is based on our the perpetual search of 'why'.

Equally important is the question of 'how'. For example, how did life on Earth come to be?

Why, however is less forgiving. Depending on the question, the two can mean the same thing.

All of this brings us back to change.

Change is the curve ball life throws at us time and time again to keep us guessing. Questioning the future, the past and the present, and everything around us. For me, as it is for others, change can destory and create, but it will always leave us guessing.

So next time change happens to you, whether it is good or bad, instead of asking yourself 'why' or 'how' ask yourself 'what's for supper', because there is no stopping change, and the only way to take it is to let it happen and move on for the next batch of change that's already coming your way.

And no, I don't mean Tim Horton's money...