Melan Salinas

Prompt: "It's Never The Changes We Want That Change Everything"

   Life takes unexpected turns sometimes. Sometimes for the bad, sometimes for the good, but

nonetheless, change. Sometimes it can be morbid, for instance, an uncle getting cancer. Never would

anyone wish for a member of their family to get an illness, but regardless it's a huge change that

could potentially change a family forever, for better or worse. Sometimes, the change is happy, even

if in disguise. Let's take the girl who breaks up with the "boy of her dreams". She feels rejected, only

to meet someone two weeks later who is everything she dreamed of and more. Although the change

wasn't wanted, the change ended up making her life even better. Sometimes, it's scary. For instance

the mother who gets laid off from her job and has no way to support her kids. With lack of income

everything changes, and not knowing where your next dollar, meal, etc. might come from is truly

terrifying. However no matter how hard you fight it, change is inevitable. This is life, where changes

can come from any direction at any time. Instead of living in fear of change we should praise it, for it

is the only thing promised in this world. For it is the foundation of wonder, of experience, and of

living.