How tough is it to let go of the past and welcome the future?
I know it’s always hard to say things but it gets harsh when
we have to let go of them because actual perspective builds up once you are in
that situation. But haven’t we all been there? Letting go of your favorite bed
time teddy, your best flavor of ice cream, your 1st grade dress,
your first bicycle and so on. I love them all… we all did… !!!
Today companies are changing their products at such a fast
pace, it’s like me eating uncle chips. Hahha.. Yes I know it’s a weird
comparison but for me uncle chips were the most important part of buying
groceries while back in India. And then the unknown disaster happened. PepsiCo
acquired the company manufacturing Uncle chips and decided to tap this brand’s
customer base by introducing even more flavors of Lays. No no this blog is not
on decline of uncle chips or all acquisitions of PepsiCo rather on an
underlying subject of “Change”.
I am sure we all are familiar with this trend of products
phasing out and even more in quantity being introduced. Today we have so many
choices available everywhere and in everything. We can happily survive only if
we accept this change with high spirits. However can we? Yes why not. I was a
loyal customer of Uncle Chips since I remember eating. We have parted our ways
with happiness. Again it’s easy to say to change however it is tough based on
your relationship with the product, garment, flavor or even a person. At my
husband’s workplace, one of his colleagues has Metathesiophobia, fear of
change, and he procrastinate any new thing the team suggests to implement. We have
so many people around who suffers from this but will not accept it because for
them acceptance is part of change. I guess with such people around, team can
never change, grow and prosper.
If we look around, everything changes every second… even
nature. The earth that we have known is not the same anymore. Take our kids for
instance. Today even a toddler knows how to operate a cell phone or an i-pad
whereas when we were that age, we were so naïve.
This scares me a little also, if we all keep on changing,
then nothing will be constant. What about relationships? Accordingly to a
report published by UN’s Demographic and Social Statistics Division, Belgium
has been ranked as top country in the world with highest divorce cases and a
percentage of 71%. Sad isn’t it? A nation being ranked topper in broken
relationships and hence a love-starved childhood for the kids. I guess this
cannot be categorized under change as this is palpitation of a depressed mind
for an uncertain future.
So accept change and do change but value the importance of
things, relations and people around you. And yes it is not tough to let go of
past and venture into future if you have the loving support of your family and
friends and most importantly yours.
