Adaptability - October 19th 2020

Humans are amazing. We are more adaptable than any other creature on Earth, but more impressive than the simple ability to adapt is the speed at which we do so.

In Book 1 of the Last of Ryn Dvarek series, Cael has a moment where he’s thinking of a return to normalcy. An idea so odd because of what happens to him early in the story. He is introduced to the reality of magic, he is taken from his family and he contracts a severe illness (nearly succumbing to it), yet shortly after he awakes he finds himself feeling a sense of comfort and normality. He is adapting to this new situation and he is doing so very quickly.
I find it ironic that we are generally averse to change. But, as humans, we are the most able creatures to do so. Change is very easy for us but it is a very difficult to concept accept. Something different is unknown and sometimes scary. But rather than hold change off for as long as we can, we should embrace it willingly. We should accept that our lives are constantly changing and that we are more than capable of adapting to any change we’re presented with.

Sometimes the change is personal like a new career, moving to a new country, entering into a new relationship or even starting a new hobby. Other times that change is on more of a macro scale like a change in technology, a change in government or a change in currently accepted research. All of these changes can be accepted easily by us.

Working out feels impossible, until you start doing it. The internet was such a wild concept but now economies are built upon it. A change in president may feel like an enormous event but many times it ends up being the smallest change of all.

Whether you feel impacted or not by something new, I assure you that you can adapt.

The majority of our lives will be and feel normal. Only a few brief sections of anxiety followed by quick changes will break up our normalcy. In a few months, everything will be normal. In a few years, everything will be normal. In a few decades, everything will be normal.

Change is normal.