Day 132

'Some change will do you good', Pen on Paper

The next few days I envision the drawings are going to be fairly rapid as I went straight to an exhibit after work, hence this evening's quick sketch. I plan to be home for a few days as well, seen as I haven't been home since January, haven't not seen my brother since then either the likelihood is that I will spend much of my time in pubs for banter and bonding, which should prove interesting if not for the subject matter of the drawings then the adjoining blurb that accompanies it. 

Anyway time to get back to the theme of today which came about as the friends I spent the evening with I have been speaking to recently and a common notion has raised its head. That being that we have either been discussing changes in our lives that have happened recently or changes that we would like to see happen soon. From changes in vocation, to changes of surroundings, to changes in the relationships that we have with those around us. We often crave change as they always say that a change can do you good, but recently I came to the conclusion that this is only to an extent. While change offers new possibilities, a new direction or even a new beginning it can also throw you completely off course. A sudden change can turn your whole existence upside down, leaving you unable to comprehend exactly how to fit all the pieces back together again. To me it seems there are two distinct types of change the unexpected and the predetermined, you would assume that the unexpected is the one that usually ends badly and the predetermined is the one that you are in full control of that can only end well... this again is not necessarily the case. All change has the capability of success and failure, it is all about how we embrace the change and bend it to our will so that we can make the best of it. It is important though not to fear change but as I see it rather than 'a change', it is 'some change' that will do you good. It is just trying to decipher which change offers the most opportunity and which will leave you stranded that is the problem, and also what is so exciting about trying to make a change.