Change. A change of pants. Change in your pocket. Change of address. Changing lanes. The changing seasons. Make change. A change of heart. Time change. To change one's mind. Change sides. A changing of the Guard. Sea change. A sex change. Regime change.

Change is good. Change is bad. Change is a whole lot of things and most people abhore it, avoid it; very few embrace it. When change comes on one's own terms, it is viewed in a positive light, but when it comes of its own whims, it can become devestatingly frightening. Paralysing, even. It comes and the butterflies begin their stomach dance, sometimes from excitement, oftentimes from anxiety. When faced with the challenge of change, it is very difficult to think without bias, to leave one's phobias out of it, to accept that it might not be so bad - a good thing, even.

And so, I am faced with change.