Swami Ananda Saraswati
Each one of us goes through changes in life. In fact, as long as there is a change in our life, that long we are alive. But the most unfortunate thing is that none of us are ready to accept the change gracefully. Even though we all know that change brings joy and growth in our life, still we are not able to accept it either. Always you have a notion that change causes sorrow and it brings about pain. Therefore, you always fear a change. You try to oppose it. Especially when you are accustomed to a person or situation, you have developed a pattern to deal with that person or situation. When there is a change in that person, you are not able to accept it because you have to change your pattern related to that person or situation. Thinking of changing the pattern or while trying to change the pattern that you were acquainted with earlier brings some type of fear and uncertainty in you. But conveniently, you say that the change brings fear and pain in you. Change is the law of nature and also joy. Joy is the product of creation. It means, no matter what pain you may get because of change, in the end, you will find joy. Sometimes you will call that joy as the joy of success and sometimes you will call as the joy of liberation. Remember, change always brings joy in some form or other.