Ready to start someting new

I'm sitting here, getting ready for my favorite part of the week (writing to and for you all) and listening to the new Foo Fighters CD.  I'm thinking about how I bought some new stuff today in hopes of changing some stuff about myself, perhaps work on reflecting my age for once.  I can't help but think about how there's an old adage, "a leopard never changes its spots" but at the same time, if we do not evolve, we die.  One cannot remain the same person for their entire life.  But what does that say about people who are stubborn?  Is it that they can't change their positions at all, or is it that they can't change their positions because of their pride?  I do believe in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" but at the same time, sometimes things are broke and we're just not willing to let them go.  I guess what I'm getting at is I don't understand people that can't embrace any form of change.  I understand ordering the same meal at different restaurants, some people need that consistency, especially those who travel a lot (Billy Crystal's character in "Forget Paris" comes to mind... I wonder how many times did he order veal parmigiana in that movie?).  I, for one, love to order jambalaya every chance I get.  Every once in a while, however, I recognize that jambalaya is not going to be on the menu.  Sometimes I look at that as an opportunity.  It forces me to think about options that I would not have thought about before, which can lead to finding something even more delicious, like the angel hair pasta dish at the hotel I stayed at in Riverside.  It had capers on it, and immediately I fell in love.  Maybe what I'm getting at is I think people should remember to remain open to the possibilities.  For instance, we are all here because of someone taking a chance in life.  Think about it, you would not be here if your parents had not met, it's just that simple.  If one of them had not gotten up the gumption to say, hey, let's get together at some point and do some things (whatever those things were),  the night you were conceived would not have happened.  They took a chance on hanging out with a person they had not previously known, or maybe they knew each other but were afraid to take it to the next level.  But because someone said, okay, this is stupid, let's move forward and change our status quo, you showed up in their lives.  Maybe those exact words weren't used, but you get the gist of what I'm saying.  Perhaps I am just excited because of the change I'm about to experience.  Even five years ago, no one could have told me that I would be walking across a stage in a cap and gown getting a degree in history and religious studies.  Five years ago I was content living in California and working as an account manager for USBank.  But sometimes things happen that force you to change.  Apparently John Lennon said something about "life is what happens while your planning for it" but I prefer to tell people "if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans."  Either way, you can have an idea of what you think should happen in your life, but it's not what always happens.  I have to laugh, because as I finish this, the song that came on my cousin Lynne's station is "Never Never Land" by Lyfe Jennings.  The song talks about this very subject... I'm not sayin' I'm prophetic, but perhaps I have an undeveloped gift...

So, have you embraced change in your life?  Will you do it now?