Change. Change is either liked or disliked. Change is either good or bad. Change is definitely needed in every one's life. You walk into your local Burger King and order a triple whopper with fries and a Coke, just like everyday.Does that not get boring or repetitive? Some people like change and some people are afraid of change. Change, however, is good. Everyone needs to mix it up every once in a while, whether that is changing what they eat at a fast food restaurant or getting a new haircut. Change affects us in many different ways. If you order the same type of food every single time you walk into your favorite fast food restaurant, you will not try any new food item that you might possibly enjoy much better than your normal food choice. Who knows? you might even find a new favorite. Let us say that there is a young teenage girl that is a little shy and does not have many friends. One day she decided that its time she tries to be more outgoing and not be shy. She starts her mission by getting a new and improved haircut. Walking into school the next day, she feels more confident and ready to make new friends. All this comes from a new haircut because it changed and inspired her to be someone different. Many people dislike change because they like their normal routine and it works for them. If they do not try new things, though, they might miss an opportunity to find new things that could improve their normal routine.
There are, at times, when change can be a bad thing. If a country was working perfectly fine with its democratic ruler, but then suddenly, the whole country is taken over and is ruled by a horrible dictatorship. This change would not be for the better of the country. The dictatorship could lead the entire country into ruins and kill millions of people. This sort of change is definitely bad.
Good change is not necessarily the material things like changing your hair. There can be the change of your personality or life style. Personalities are basically the soul of a person. If you have a bad personality then you might not be very popular since no one likes your personality. If suddenly someone has a change of heart and decides they need to change their personality because they are sick and tired of either being mean or being disliked. This change is obviously for the good. Sometimes people need to find a new life that they would enjoy better. Maybe they did not like they area they were living in or they did not like the weather, but whatever it was they needed a change that would be for the good of their living. They might just get up and hit the road, looking for a new city and a new life.
I asked a few John Carroll students their opinions on change. Leanne, a freshman, says, "Change is something that you can not really help from happening. Everything changes in one way or another and that is what shapes the world we live in." This is very true. Without change there would only repetition. We would be doing everything we normally do every day and there would be no liveliness in life.
Sam Clarke,also a fellow freshman, says, " Change is neither good nor bad, you can change it for the good or change it for the bad. It is an inevitable thing that can not be stopped, but it helps us evolve as human beings today." This is also a very true statement. Change happens whether you like it or not. This could be a change in the menu of your favorite restaurant or they do not make your favorite type of writing utensil anymore so you have to use another one.
Jake Wrzesien, a junior, says, "Personally I like change because it gives you the change to discover who you really are. " When you change you are being forced out of your element. If you want to change and become more artsy then you are trying new things that you are not used to. This could be different at first and maybe a little weird, but it is for the better.
Overtime history has experienced change. Our lives change every second as does technology and the weather. In the past you could be with the nice crowd at school, but in a second everything can change and you meet someone else that is not very good. They could be in with drugs and alcohol and pull you in a long with them. In the past you were a nice good person, but then your life could change and go in the wrong direction. This is an example of a bad sort of change. A good example of change is getting married. In the past you meet a wonderful male or female significant other and make the decision to take the next step. In the past, these to significant others were just friends and then boyfriend and girlfriend. They both equally decided to get married and experience a good change in both of their lives. Matrimony is a wonderful experience for both of the two people speaking the vowels.
As said before, change is good and bad. Many people think that change is a good thing and mostly it is. Everyone needs a little mixing up in their lives that makes their life not boring and monotonous. Change is also a real big part of history. It sometimes changes history for the good and the bad. The bad changes can be devastating or exciting. Either way, to live in this world you will experience all sorts of change. This change could be as little as writing in different colored ink or having a baby. As quoted in the song All Star by Smash Mouth, "We could all use a little change..."
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