Change is good

This is the bulk of a comment I left on another blogger's site, but I thought it went well here.

As you all know, I am on the verge of trading singledom in for permanent coupledom, and I will admit that it scares me. I am excited at the prospect of spending the rest of my life with someone that I love very much, but yet I fear the loss of independence that comes with sharing your life with another person. I treasure my alone-time, and I worry about losing that. But I am also happy to have someone in my life who allows me to feel so secure in a relationship while still maintaining my identity.

Along with that is the real possibility of geographical relocation...leaving all that I know behind and trekking off for parts unknown and all the change that it will bring. All that being said, it all boils down to the dichotomy of change. As humans we all fear change on some level because it yanks us out of our comfort zone and makes us adapt, but adapt we do. I like to think that I embrace change, but I know that not everyone does, and some adapt quicker than others. Plus, even those of us who embrace change feel some of that trepidation of the unknown. Confronting those fears helps us to grow, and it shows just how much we are capable of doing and achieving.