Change is inevitable. It happens around us and even as this article is being written.

When a person is in control of change, it feels good, exciting, a little nervous and maybe even a little sad. When change is out of a person’s control, it hurts even more because the change was not expected.

There are many things a person can do when change happens. Some of the things that a person does may not be helpful, such as: get totally depressed, denial about the change, refuse to move forward, stay in the past and be so angry that more change happens.

Change can be hard to accept; people do get sad when change happens but it does not have to be a bad thing.

What can a person do?:

1) Accept the fact that change DOES happen. There are a few things that stay the same: sun rises and sets daily, still 24 hours in a day, still have to pay taxes every April and holidays are on the same date each year.

     When a person accepts that change happens, he/she will be able to know how to handle that change quicker and have more joy in life.

2) Acknowledge that he/she can do something with that change. Change brings new opportunity for growth. Change can also bring some difficut times but the change can continue to lead to new opportunities.

3) Embrace the change. After accepting and acknowledging that change happens, when change is embraced, it can make it easier for the person to decide to do something with that change.

Of course, a person has the choice to resist change, make the change worse, be led by their feelings and hold onto the past. If the person chooses to do this approach, life may be very difficult for them, will be less happy and may miss out on some new learning experiences.

Change is inevitable. The person makes the choice to accept, acknowledge and embrace the change, to learn and grow from it. The person can also make the choice to not do anything when change happens.

What will be your choice?