12 Responses to “What causes Change?”

1. Cornelis de Maijer says:

   3 May , 2009 at 08:01

   Mark Twains says:
   “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
   So what causes change- it could be that we are more and more aware that time, is a one-time-only-gift – that time “must” be spent by doing the right things…once time is gone there is nothing to change about that…so I think this awarness is tickling inside.

2. richardderwentcooke says:

   3 May , 2009 at 09:15

   Thank you so much for this observation Cornelis. You are right that it is not just Time, but our awareness of it and its passage that can trigger Change.

3. Mehmet_y says:

   3 May , 2009 at 10:47

   Human emotions: desires, dreams, aspirations…which created substantial change and personally transformed me to better state.

4. richardderwentcooke says:

   3 May , 2009 at 10:48

   Mehmet, do the emotions create the change or are they a response to the thing that triggered it? I’m asking rather than stating… what do you think?

5. Mehmet_y says:

   3 May , 2009 at 10:49

   Richard, good questions. They are both symptoms and triggers of change.

   An emotion such as excitement can be a symptom of a positive change.

   Also the excitement itself may trigger another change in human body and mind, for example hugging a stranger on a public transport and tell the person s/he is special in middle of crowd. Then another change happens in one’s life, the person finds a soulmate with the assistance of excitement…

   Does this make sense?

   Regards,
   Mehmet

6. Marieme says:

   3 May , 2009 at 10:50

   Excellent Blog Richard, I would emphases on Education being a great cause of Change. Empowerment, Dream, Hope, Environment, mental state, circumstance, adaptation and Love….can cause change too. Not to forget having a dream (Un Réve).. When you have dreams, you unconsciously have a goal and usually you will do whatever it takes to make necessary changes in order to achieve them.
   Thank you for this Blog!

   Best Regards

   Marieme Jamme

7. richardderwentcooke says:

   3 May , 2009 at 10:52

   A very intersting list Marieme. Dreams are a very interesting addition.
   Thanks

8. richardderwentcooke says:

   3 May , 2009 at 11:18

   What about Courage or its opposite .. Fear Marieme?

9. Keith_w says:

   3 May , 2009 at 16:50

   Necessity… the Mother of Invention

10. richardderwentcooke says:

    3 May , 2009 at 16:51

    Great addition Keith

11. Michael Heaney says:

    5 May , 2009 at 16:36

    Change –
    The entire universe is essentially chaotic and in a continuing state of flux or change, both on a sub atomic level and on a more macroscopic or human scale.
    All that we can ever do is to scrape together a little piece of it and make a futile attempt to impose our chosen organisation of order on it.

    However in essence our position is that of King Canute.
    The power of entropy will tend to negate our structuring and to increase the level of disorder.
    So, although it is important to identify the myriad perceived “causes” of change, since change is inevitable and ultimately irresistible what we should more usefully consider is
    1. How to improve the speed and acuity of our perception of change
    2. How to recognise that our normative reaction is denial and our faulty but instinctive response is to offer resistance to change.
    3. How to improve our speed of acceptance and to enhance our adaption to change.

    We need to be better prepared to “go with the flow” rather than try to be “set in our ways” in the illusion that we have actually achieved some level of stability and permanence.
    Because when we are eventually overwhelmed by the reality of change and can no longer uphold our denial, instead of accepting change as positive we could just so easily sink into despondency and just fester away feeding our regret at its passing.

12. richardderwentcooke says:

    5 May , 2009 at 16:39

    Michael

    You have changed the direction of this post, but I thank you for your thoughtful and interesting observations, which i think are on a parallel, if somewhat deeper level. Many thanks!!