Changes Happen All the Time

Changes Happen All the Time

Changes happen all the time, but in some cases, people resist them or give pushback when these changes occur.

I know it is human nature to resist change, but consider these things that are constantly changing in our lives.

Fashion 

I am glad for some of these changes. And even though I don't always follow fashion trends, am I happy that hoop skirts and corsets are a thing of the past. At least for most of us.

Microminis, shoulder pads, and the disco look? Pass.

While some people liked some of these trends, keep in mind that most people adapted and moved on to the next movement when the change happened.

Or, if they didn't move to the next trend, they at least stopped with the trend when it passed.

Social Norms

Anyone who has lived in the past 20-50 years, or longer, has seen many changes in social norms.

In the 1950s, Lucy and Desi somehow had a baby even though they had separate beds and were not allowed to say the "P-word" on television.

One of my favorite shows from 1980s, Night Court, is full of inappropriate behaviors.

And, in the 70s and 80s, people who had tattoos were either sailors or gang members. At least that was the perception. Now it is challenging to meet someone without a tattoo.

I could go on with this topic, but there is no need.  

Technology

Even though we are not in flying cars just yet, we live in the Jetsons' age.

Video chats and meetings, robot vacuums, and a computer in our hands that is more powerful than computers in the 70s that took up an entire floor of a building.

The Space Station has people living there for months, when in the 60s, it was amazing that we even got a person into space and back down to Earth alive.

Like with social norms, this is one we could talk about for ages, but can I say I LOVE that we can pause and rewind a show or record it with a simple push of a button? Love that change.

Medicine

Growing up, in my generation, if someone got a diagnosis of cancer, it was "goodbye" after a lot of misery following chemotherapy.

Today, most people I know with a cancer diagnosis are still alive more than 25 and 30 years later. It is no longer a “death sentence.”

And going even farther back, President Garfield was shot but died ultimately from sepsis (severe infection) because the doctors treating him didn't even wash their hands. It just wasn't how they did things then. Gross, but true.

One of the essential things we all know now in medicine is how important handwashing is to reduce the risk of infections.

As with the other examples above, the changes in medicine are extensive and remarkable, and people accept this is how things go.

Nutrition Recommendations

Here is one thing where people don't like change.

In the early 1900s, the concept of various nutrients was in its infancy.

Most vitamins had yet to be identified, let alone knowing how much we need and how they affected our health.

This area in our lives is changing as we better understand things. For example, shortening is really not good for us, but other fats are.

Coffee is fine, and it doesn't need to be decaf.

And eggs are also OK.

So, I have to wonder why this area of continual change and understanding, and advancement is not allowed to change without people getting upset?