Does the expression “Drowning in a sea of change” ring true for you?  It’s a great metaphor for today’s human condition.  Be it technological, financial, sociological, political etc.  At first glance it appears to be an increasingly boiling, angry mess of an ocean that promises to swallow all those foolhardy enough to be caught in it (as if we had a choice :0)

Yet if you take a step back, you will notice that no matter how fast or big the changes, there are patterns, one very much like waves.  Now if you flail in those waves you will eventually become exhausted and overcome.  That’s one way to deal with change and not very effective.

Another way is to learn to “surf” these waves, which takes practice.  One of the first things you learn in surfing is how to read the waves.  Take off to late and you will miss the wave, too soon and it will chew you up and spit you out.  However once you learn how to catch and ride these waves of change, you harness their power to your pleasure and benefit…

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Anonymous

It used to be said that the only constant was change.  That’s not really true anymore because the very nature of change is, well… changing.  It’s accelerating and we are all seeing rouge waves of change more frequently (seemingly instant massive swells that come out of nowhere -i.e. the financial meltdown).

We will never escape this sea of change.  It will never be easy but those that learn to embrace it will come out on top, and frankly have a lot more fun. Our very survival, both figuratively and literally requires that we stop fighting it and learn to surf with it.  And when you do, your life becomes one very exhilarating ride.