Changes can be an Unflappable Experience
I hate changes. When changes take place in my life, I tend to resist them. Any change interjected into my normal daily routine is aggravating.
I get angry when some structure, building or house is built that alters a picturesque landscape that I have admired customarily, e.g., a flowing river, or and array of Dogwood trees blooming in the early spring.
Changes come mostly unanticipated and in my thinking--unwanted. If my work schedule changes it can play havoc with my psyche. I get used too not working overtime and suddenly I am scheduled to work over to which causes me to adapt my body to the added hours.
I dislike new roads or highways that yield me away from a route that I have been use to traveling for years. There again, I accept the new roads as progress, but they give me melancholy feelings that something has been taking away from me forever.
I hate it when TV programs are changed. For the most part, Television programs keep the same time period for a long time, however they are subject to change, sometimes without notice or moved to a less convenient time for me to enjoy it. I get use to everyday program routines and suddenly my favorite shows theme song is changed. I'm still not over the Jeopardy theme changing. Somehow its just not the same.
I also get annoyed when radio program formats are changed. It is a matter of perspective, it seems they know what I wont but I know what I like and in all probability, I wont like any format changes they offer however dealing with it in disheartenment, I press forward.
Abrupt changes in normal activities are not easily accepted. I usually convey my disapproval by ranting until I realize that change is for the most part -- progress. I try to focus on believing changes will be beneficial in nature and influence. Refraining from the overwhelming willingness to yield, I ultimately, but ungraciously, accept them with an unflappable embrace. The ability to deal appropriately is learned in time. I realize that new stores, new buildings, new houses, new roads, are all for the common good as most changes are as long as they don't block my view of the mountains, the flowing river, and the Dog wood trees.