From "Night of the Living Homeless". In this episode, homeless people come to South Park. They go around asking “could you spare some change” and once you gave them change, they would ask for more change and then more people would ask for change until it became an epidemic and there was no more change!!! Scared yet? You should be! Cartman is obviously upset and anyone who is an avid South Park fan, knows that he hates homeless people. And hippies. And Jews. But I won’t be talking about homeless people, hippies or Jews today, today I wanna address some common phrases we often hear about change.
Change is scary
Anything that is different is scary. Hell, life is scary, but we have to live it. And although I know this, I still find myself scared of change. I suppose it’s because I don’t know what to expect and that scares the crap out of me. As a child (and now as an adult), I would always plan and plan and try to anticipate every possible outcome to a situation, so I would know what could happen. You know what, I ended up scaring myself MORE because I have a really active imagination. I could take something simple like if I study, I will make an A on a test, OR I could have fun and not study, fail the test which will make me fail the six weeks, which will make me fail the class, which would make me drop out of school and not go to college, and because I didn’t graduate, ending up working at Mc Donalds for the rest of my life with 8 kids and 10 baby daddies. Wait, what was I talking about, oh yea trying to anticipate EVERY outcome is exhausting and unproductive. (READ: Trying to anticipate ALL outcomes is not the same as thinking and having some common sense). Come to think of it...I guess it worked for me though.
Change is hard
Having to meet new people, go to new places, have new experiences is difficult, because you are not in your comfort zone. It’s part of our nature as human beings to stick with the familiar even if it is not good for you. When looking at non-ideal relationships and situations, our first thought is “why don’t they leave,” “if it were me, I wouldn’t deal with that,” and the like. I admit I say it too, but it’s easier said than done. Your experiences are different than anyone else’s. It takes some real strength to make major changes (not what outfit, hair style or shoes to wear....think bigger) ←- That’s what she said! Sorry I just had to do it.
Change is necessary
We change everyday of our lives, we grow older (even if you refuse to admit it), wiser (well some of us do), our bodies change (gravity is a b!tch), the seasons change, laws change, our economy changes. But in order for things to get better, something has to change. For example, with the economy in the situation that’s it’s in, many flaws in our financial systems are more apparent. When the economy took a tumble, more credit unions and banks closed than ever before. In fact, the credit union system had to be made over to ensure that in the future corporate credit unions are more readily able to withstand changes in the economy. It was not until a number of the corporate credit unions, which provide services to natural person credit unions, were in trouble that the problems became evident.
Change is unavoidable
There are some things that are unforeseen and even if we do see them coming, we cannot do anything to stop them from happening. People get sick, people die, and no matter what precautions one takes, or how you live your life, you are not exempt. And even if we know something is about to happen, like when you see a tall person fall slowly, you KNOW they are gonna eat the dirt because they are like moving in slow motion, but you can’t do anything to stop it. Also we cannot stop Tyler Perry from dressing in drag and putting out movie after movie with the same storyline...no one can(unless maybe Oprah steps up and puts her 2 cents in).
Change is good
One thing many people fail to realize is that change can be good. There is always a silver lining or however that saying goes. What if you read every book in the world, talked to people from all walks of life and had lifetimes of experiences, but as a person nothing about you and how you viewed the world changes, you remained the same? You would be as useless as a dirty sponge; you absorb all this information, but do nothing with it. Everything we learn should change us, if it doesn’t, well.... that’s just a waste.
So I this to say to Cartman, I need some change dammit! I don’t know if this change is good or bad or what it’ll ultimately mean, but I know I need it. So "respect my authoritay" or I’ll kick you right in the nuts!
Change is scary
Anything that is different is scary. Hell, life is scary, but we have to live it. And although I know this, I still find myself scared of change. I suppose it’s because I don’t know what to expect and that scares the crap out of me. As a child (and now as an adult), I would always plan and plan and try to anticipate every possible outcome to a situation, so I would know what could happen. You know what, I ended up scaring myself MORE because I have a really active imagination. I could take something simple like if I study, I will make an A on a test, OR I could have fun and not study, fail the test which will make me fail the six weeks, which will make me fail the class, which would make me drop out of school and not go to college, and because I didn’t graduate, ending up working at Mc Donalds for the rest of my life with 8 kids and 10 baby daddies. Wait, what was I talking about, oh yea trying to anticipate EVERY outcome is exhausting and unproductive. (READ: Trying to anticipate ALL outcomes is not the same as thinking and having some common sense). Come to think of it...I guess it worked for me though.
Change is hard
Having to meet new people, go to new places, have new experiences is difficult, because you are not in your comfort zone. It’s part of our nature as human beings to stick with the familiar even if it is not good for you. When looking at non-ideal relationships and situations, our first thought is “why don’t they leave,” “if it were me, I wouldn’t deal with that,” and the like. I admit I say it too, but it’s easier said than done. Your experiences are different than anyone else’s. It takes some real strength to make major changes (not what outfit, hair style or shoes to wear....think bigger) ←- That’s what she said! Sorry I just had to do it.
Change is necessary
We change everyday of our lives, we grow older (even if you refuse to admit it), wiser (well some of us do), our bodies change (gravity is a b!tch), the seasons change, laws change, our economy changes. But in order for things to get better, something has to change. For example, with the economy in the situation that’s it’s in, many flaws in our financial systems are more apparent. When the economy took a tumble, more credit unions and banks closed than ever before. In fact, the credit union system had to be made over to ensure that in the future corporate credit unions are more readily able to withstand changes in the economy. It was not until a number of the corporate credit unions, which provide services to natural person credit unions, were in trouble that the problems became evident.
Change is unavoidable
There are some things that are unforeseen and even if we do see them coming, we cannot do anything to stop them from happening. People get sick, people die, and no matter what precautions one takes, or how you live your life, you are not exempt. And even if we know something is about to happen, like when you see a tall person fall slowly, you KNOW they are gonna eat the dirt because they are like moving in slow motion, but you can’t do anything to stop it. Also we cannot stop Tyler Perry from dressing in drag and putting out movie after movie with the same storyline...no one can(unless maybe Oprah steps up and puts her 2 cents in).
Change is good
One thing many people fail to realize is that change can be good. There is always a silver lining or however that saying goes. What if you read every book in the world, talked to people from all walks of life and had lifetimes of experiences, but as a person nothing about you and how you viewed the world changes, you remained the same? You would be as useless as a dirty sponge; you absorb all this information, but do nothing with it. Everything we learn should change us, if it doesn’t, well.... that’s just a waste.
So I this to say to Cartman, I need some change dammit! I don’t know if this change is good or bad or what it’ll ultimately mean, but I know I need it. So "respect my authoritay" or I’ll kick you right in the nuts!
