TED BURSA COLLEGE / 8-C
The Inevitability of Change
Zara Ahmad NASRİ ‣
Transformation can mean many different things to a person. It can mean acceptance of a new identity or a growth into a better person. Change is something you really can’ t stop in life. It also means an acceptance of the inevitable which might turn life for the better or the worse, watching yourself change and just the spontaneity of the future, along with its outcomes.
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First of all, transformation is acceptance of something that’ s unavoidable. An example for this could be growing up. You can’ t stop this growth, all you can do is accept it. Without change, we would remain the same. It’ s this acceptance of transformation that shapes us into people with feelings. Acknowledging transformation means accepting the inevitable and its terrifying, or liberating, outcome that may come with it.
Secondly, transformation can mean changing as a person. You change into a different person with new perspectives, ideas and thoughts. Anything can change your perspective on life. Being told not to pursue a certain passion as a career can make you more cautious of your future. You could gain empathy for someone you once despised after an incident or you could begin to dislike a certain show after watching it too many times. When you change your mentality, you change too, leading to the“ death” of a past self or the“ birth” of a new self. With time you change and with change time passes. It turns you into someone you don’ t even recognize anymore.
Thirdly, change means acknowledging the spontaneity of the future and its outcomes. This outcome could be good or bad. You can give this example off of a healthy person suddenly waking up with a serious illness one day. You would have never expected it. It could even be just waking up to a regular day like usual. You don’ t know if you’ re going to earn a scholarship, you don’ t know if you’ re going to wake up to your regular routine. Change is unpredictable, you never have any guarantees for anything in life.
To conclude, the whole concept of transformation and its meaning to others is very open-ended. Though, to me, it means acceptance of something out of your capabilities like growth. Transformation is something that can affect you deeply. Like your mind and body going through changes that lead to the death of an old self. Changes that make you you. Metamorphosis is the acknowledgment of unpredictability and its outcomes. A future where you don’ t know what’ s going to change and what won’ t, but you know something will.