We are naturally disposed to be resistant to change–to be repelled by change, to be aversive to change. Most predominantly, in paying respects to what is currently in front of my eyes, we never–or, at least, less often–pull change along its path towards the future. We typically freeze when change appears before our eyes, or flee because it looks dangerous or because it might be dangerous; apt to be a stagnant boulder that gets in its way, or/and apt to let it travel its path in solitude.
During moments where we’ve frozen, we take time to process information. We take time to observe change, understand its behaviors and character.
As we process information, we describe its impact on the world and things around it–people, culture, outcomes of all sorts. I see fear, longing, attachment, and disappointment embodied in expressions that are used in contexts where people are trying to describe change. I, myself, say things like “It’s impersonal” and “It’s objectifying,” feeling either remorse or frustration as a result of things changing–as a result of the fact that change is here, in front of me, upon all of us.
But I don’t need to commit to my feelings of remorse and/or frustration. We don’t have to commit. As they arise, I and we can let them consume us; and then we can let them poop us out, leaving us potentially dirty and unsightly, while free to see change in ways that we didn’t before.
After having been pooped out, we can see change as something that is not depersonalizing how we interact with each other through texts, emails, comments, likes, and reacts, but rather as something else. Perhaps we can see it as something that is paving the road to a future where the ways in which we interact with each other, and/or can interact with each other, are more personal, intimate, and authentic than ever.
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