Today I'm pondering why so many of us are so resistant to change. And I think it all goes back to that word again - attachment. If you haven't read my previous blog on this, here's a quick explanation of what attachment is.
We dislike change because we're attached to whatever it is we already have, and the way our lives currently are. If we were to rid ourselves of attachment, and to recognise that everything is impermanent, maybe we'd all be more accepting of change. We'd feel less disrupted when things did change, and more open to things being different.
This doesn't mean that we should always expect the worst or be negative. It just means that we should be able to say "I'm happy/unhappy with the way things are now, but I accept that they won't be this way forever."
That's my interpretation on why we don't like change, anyway - with a Buddhist slant. And remember what Turk from Scrubs once said - "Different doesn't always mean bad - it just means different."
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