Like it or not, change in our Lived and Unlived Lives is inevitable

In 2013, I published "The 7 Keys to Change": a nonfiction account instructing readers how to deal with personal and professional change.

The book began with the results of a random survey of 512 people aged 18 to 70, asking how much they felt each of 20 statements relating to change described them.

Here are two of the 20 responses:

• "Too many things changing all at once scares me"---28%
• "I get anxious when things change"---27%

Sixty-two percent agreed that "Change is inevitable, you couldn't stop it if you wanted to".

All the Unlived Lives characters are given a choice.

They can choose to stay as they are, in which case whatever that is will become their eternity. Or they can choose to visit lives they would have lived had they made different choices, searching for something better.

The comments and private messages I receive regarding Unlived Lives indicate approximately 1 out of 4 people who have only seen a description of the book would not risk visiting an unlived life looking for something better.

When it comes to how most people feel about change, not much has changed in the twelve years since I wrote 7 Keys.

I feel for the approximately 1 out of 4 who fear change, particularly those who also feel there is nothing they can do about it.

Feeling powerless about something you believe is inevitable is never good.