When presented with an opportunity to change, there is often a dilemma. To change, is to adapt, is to harmonize, is to fit into the box. But the change might be irreversible. Humans are sometimes afraid of changes – when they don’t know themselves well enough, introducing a change might make them not know themselves more – and that is what scares them.

A change is sometimes a gamble, you are able to benefit fully from the change, but at the same time you might risk turning into someone you don’t know. To some people, changing themselves is no big deal, as long as the change improves their image in front of other people; for others, they want to keep their values, their principles, their pride intact no matter what, aka “the stubborn people”.

When presented with an opportunity to change, there are 3 choices:

1. To embrace the change fully. You accept the change and completely overwrite your beliefs, values, principles. You benefit from the change. Like water that happily fits into the container, happily dissolves sugar. And they lived happy and ever after.
2. To reject the change at all costs. Like a piece of rock, you insist on keeping your shape. You missed the benefits of changing. If the outside world wants to change you, they’ll have to do it by force.
3. The sly way that might raise contradiction – you embrace the change, but keeping your values and principles you think is right. You benefit from the change, while still keeping your integrity. Like a piece of elastic gel, you fit into any container – but do not change your shape exactly according to the container if your chemical composition does not allow it, and do not blend your chemical composition easily. But you gain a wider perspective on everything you see. And they lived happily ever after.

To embrace or to accept or even to “accept” a change. It’s your choice.