The Risks Involved and Encountered in "Change"

Seventy-three dead butterflies. This is the number ofan increased morbidity rate.
deceased 'morphed' caterpillars I saw that lay deadAs we embrace a metamorphosis whether a career
on the side of the road as I rode my hybrid bicyclechange, a choice to change tack in life, a personal
during a recent summer-time aerobic workout. I can'treformation in dealing with a troublesome habit, or to
say conclusively if that was the exact number, but itturn our social circle upside down, there are risks that
occurred to me there were a lot flying around, but ahave to be considered. Change involves inherent risk.
lot dead too.We sink or swim.
They seemed to be so haplessly and errantly flyingThe last thing we want to do in selecting change is
into the path of oncoming vehicles. It was carnage!die some cruel outcome. Change involves both the
Not long back these creatures were entirely safe (atexcitement of the unexpected and the new, and it
least regarding the particular environmental risk) in ancertainly requires courage, commitment and a plan.
entirely different state; that of the caterpillar.Change by all means, and do it with the best intent;
Flying might be a graceful and liberating prospect fordo it also in wisdom having carefully calculated the
the caterpillar, but the joy is short lived as evidencedcosts and the benefits.
by the hit rate.We should not crash 'n' burn in seeking to address a
I got to thinking about the process of change in lifekey issue in our lives.
and the risks of changing and how that often creates