Some changes will be very unexpected. Accept it as a new chapter in your life; as a fresh opportunity to gain knowledge or experience in a new area, or a chance to discover new people, new places and new skills.
Change will happen. You may be, at least initially, resistant to these changes. You cannot always control either the changes or your initial hesitancy. You can control your larger response to the changes. To do so requires your active participation.
There is a difference between being patient and being passive. You can patiently accept change while at the same time actively pursuing strategies to get yourself used to the new circumstances, emotionally and otherwise.
The key to accepting change is to have an open mind and to accept everything as it presents itself. The change will occur, like it or not; you cannot control it. Remember, with this change you have the ability to shape your response in a positive way.
Some life changes will be completely beyond your control, such as a friend moving away. Even when you do have some amount of control, you still cannot control that the change will happen. However, you always have the ability to control how you respond to the change.
Once you’ve determined precisely what change is happening in your life, you can develop coping strategies that are best suited to deal with the circumstances.
While you can’t emotionally detach yourself from the experience of life changes, you can try to take a step back and look at things from a distance. Try writing down exactly what has changed and how it has impacted you.
Some changes will be a challenge. If you can move past your resistance and embrace change as a new adventure, you may end up happier and better off as a result.
Accept that you may instinctively be (at least initially) resistant to changes. It has no bearing on the change being good or bad; it is simply a typical human response to something different.
Changes occur in our lives at regular intervals, whether we are aware of them or not. Life is not static, nor are we meant to be; change is part of our very nature, welcome or not. Change is inevitable and essential.