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Senior Essay

Competition

Change.

Change. It’s really funny how a single word can fill us with dread
and uncertainty. But what is change? According to the English
dictionary change is to make someone or something different or
to replace with something else. But these are just words.Unfeeling
and cold. They cannot comprehend the magnitude of change and
the fear that we, humans have of it.

This brings us to the topic: why do we fear change? We fear
change as we do not know what it will bring and what does it
mean for us. We only have hindsight to know whether that change
was for the good or for the bad and that terrifies us. We cannot
control change and this I believe, is what makes us afraid of
change. For centurieswe humans, have been terrified of things out
of our control. Our fate, our karma and even our destiny. All of
this terrifies us.

But, why? Why should we hold on to things that we can’t control,
things that are out of our hand? We cannot control change, so
let’s just accept it. Instead of dreading change we must learn to
adapt, overcome and accept it with an open mind and an open
heart. Yes, it can be frightening in the beginning, to not know how
things are
going to turn out, to have that uncertainty looming over you and
to always have that “what if?” at the back of your mind. But,
remember to keep moving forwards and to know that regardless
of whatever happens, you will come out stronger in the end. To
know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.