How good is change?

When you move to a new place, a new city or maybe a new country, that is change.  So how good is change?  Your in a new area, you meet new friends, see new things, find new places to hang out, these things can be good.  However what about changes with life, relationships, friendships, jobs, school.  Are these changes just as good?  I suppose if you got a better job, or found a new relationship, or maybe met someone that you hit it off with then those changes are great.  But what about the other side of this coin?

The change of being forced to move somewhere, the change of loosing your job, the change of friends leaving and not talking to you again, or even an ended relationship that you weren't expecting.  How can those changes be good?

Some people think when one door closes then another opens, or when something bad happens then good always follows, the "darkest before the calm" theory.  How does change affect us health wise?  Do we get ulcers, headaches, or just become horribly sick because change isn't something that most aren't comfortable with.

I believe that one can learn to adapt to change, you can even learn to look forward to it from time to time.  I have been a participant of major changes through my life, from the military, to job changes, living in different countries, and yes even with relationships and friendships.  As far as changes in my life go, most were ok, but the ones that weren't ok were absolutely horrible.  Sometimes I willingly made  the change and sometimes it was unwillingly placed in my lap.  However thru all of my life with every change that has been thrown at me I made it thru.  I have endured, survived, laughed at, embraced, and even sometimes enjoyed the changes.  Not all were pleasant and those really hurt both myself and others.

So I guess change, if put in the right perspective can be a good thing, look at the positive of every change that comes your way, and try to think that something good will come from it even if its an unwanted, hurtful, and unhappy change it won't be that way forever.