Change by Aditya Kolisetti -8IG A

Change

When I began writing, I asked myself, “Why change? Why such an abstract topic?” I thought, thought, and thought some more. After what seemed like an eternity, I found an answer.

Once, when I was a toddler, I had built a tall tower. When I stepped back to admire it, my foot caught on the rug, the rug shifted, and my block tower fell. When I looked back at the rubble, I didn’t see a ruined tower- I saw a village; a block for a house. All I had to do was change my mindset.

In my opinion, change is one of the inevitable forces in the universe. It affects everyone and everything. I have always found change hard to deal with, yet it has shaped me into who I am. Read on- my essay, no legacy of change.

I remember my summers in America. Blissful, happy, quiet and simple. Yet life went on. Seasons changed, I grew up, asking myself, “Why did it all have to change? Where did all the good times go?”

Since the dawn of mankind, we have adapted and adjusted to our surroundings. When living in caves, we learned to hunt. When living in mud-huts, we learned to socialize. When living in apartments and villas, we learned to turn on the Wi-Fi.

We have to change to adapt to problems in our surroundings, even if it’s as small as your phone dying. Every living thing changes and evolves to survive, even if at a primal level. Although change is necessary, a new question arises. Why is change so hard?

“But I don’t wanna!” I don’t wanna leave!” I half wail – half sob as the last of the furniture is loaded into the moving van. The suitcases are in the back of the cab, and the cab is ready to go. My parents desperately try to convince me that India is a better place. Exhausted, I collapse into my mother’s arms and retreat to a faraway place. The cab leaves our little neighborhood and off into the night.

Many times, it’s hard to let go of something- big or small.
I have trouble letting go as well. Though it’s fun and easy to live in the past, if we hold on to the old, how will we accept the future? How do you adapt to the new if you are still in the past? Maybe we should talk a little on how to let go.

Look at a tree through the seasons. In summer, it dons a bright green cloak of leaves. In fall, its leaves begin to fall off- a splash of orange, yellow and brown. In winter, our tree shed all its leaves and is barren through the frosty weather. In spring, fresh leaves grow, flowers sprout and life begins anew, and the cycle repeats.

I feel we should be like that tree. I fell that one must adapt to their surroundings and situation. Ultimately, we should always grow towards our goal. Remember, change will always be accepted with a happy mind and an open heart.

All-in all, as I write this final chapter, I find that my ideals and thoughts have changed for the better. I hope this legacy has shifted your views on change for the better.

After all, the only inevitable thing in this world is change.

Aditya Kolisetti