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UNEXPECTED CHANGE: IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING


"I didn't ask for this."

 Someone once said, "Change happens when you least expect it". I don't know about you, but when I hear that, I'm always thinking of the good kind of change. Like that one time when I was broke, I found 20 dollars that I hid from myself in the pajama drawer, or when the dude I liked finally hopped in my DMs, or when they sent the new lease and the rent actually went down 50 dollars... Okay, that one never happened but ya'll get the point.

You ever been sitting in the break room at work, chilling, scrolling your phone, having a good day, then somebody comes in there talking your ear off, annoying you and now your peace of mind is disturbed. Plus, you now have only 33 seconds left of your break  which you spend hiding from them in the bathroom but it doesn't matter because you see them all day anyway.

Photo: Britney Annice

That's kind of how UNEXPECTED CHANGE enters your life. It's like "Damn, I was doing fine! And here you go!"

The start of this year has brought about so many unexpected, unwanted changes for me. Just as I was starting to get really comfortable. One being, spending a few hunnid (hundred) on fixing my car. I'm gone drop this short story real quick and I'm gone let ya'll go:

 Aight so boom - A few weeks ago I'm out running errands, enjoying a bright, sunny day. Now, for those of you who don't know, Chicago pot holes are plentiful and created by the devil himself. So, I got my music blasting, cruising along, down this raggedy street, slowly. I see a pot hole, I tried to swerve but I fell into it anyway. Everything still seems fine. I make it to my destination. I shop for a bit. Get back into my car and drive away. I hear a crazy noise coming from my car. I'm like, "Aw hell!". I take it to the shop the next day. They're like, "Mam, there's a huge bolt in your tire, your brakes are worn all the way down, and when was the last time you had an oil change?" Ya'll, I'd been knowing for a WHILE that I needed to take care of all of those things but I kept putting it off because I didn't want to spend my lil money. If it weren't for that janky pot hole, I could have been slipping and sliding myself right into a ditch this winter with those raggedy brakes!

Look family, the moral of the story is, sometimes, changes have to make themselves because you aren't going to do it. You knew that person was bringing you negative energy but it took them doing something foul for you to walk away. You knew that job wasn't right for you but it took them letting you go to really explore your passion. See what I'm saying? Whatever change you’re experiencing in this season, I hope that you can find the good or the lesson in it and be at peace.

-BRIT
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