Change is a Wack-a-Mole

 Life is full of changes. You're born, you know nothing. You grow up, you learn more than you wanted to. You get older and you just wish the changes would slow down. And it isn't just you and me, it's the world and everything in it. Everything changes all the time. Some changes happen quickly and frequently, some take eons and are indiscernible to short-timers like humans. 

The seasons cycle through the year, winter becomes spring, summer fades into fall. Some years the winters are colder, snowier; sometimes the snow falls elsewhere. Sometimes the big storms come sweeping in off the ocean one after the other and other years they go bother somewhere else. This all seems normal as you become acclimated to a locale. If you live long enough, even the changes that appeared normal begin to change. With the weather it could be some long term cycle due to changes in the earth's axis or another recurring or extraordinary event.

In life we become accustomed to the commonplace and the routine. It helps to get through the day without unexpected challenges. If we could, we would like to just stop some changes from happening at all. Beauty fades no matter how well we protect our skin from the sun. Society changes whether we pass legislature against the evolution of culture or not. Facts remain true even in the face of an onslaught of misinformation.

Is climate changing? All of the science indicates that it is. Will we suffer if we do not heed the warnings these facts represent? Probably. If we cannot stop or reverse the change that has already occurred, is there some way we can adapt to the changes and survive? Possibly. If we utilize the research that points the way to altering our wants and reducing our needs we can become adaptable and decrease our impact on the world.