Why Change Anything?

By
G. F. Smith

11-11-16

Have
you ever wondered what life would be like without motion?

Ahhhhh, you’re getting it. There is no life…without motion. Everything is
in some state of flux, or motion: sub-atomic particles, molecules…people,
planets… galaxies, even the universe. Life is defined by motion, as is time.
When something moves, it changes, and when something changes…it moves.
Simple as that.

But the question is, is the motion—or change—toward something better, or
something worse? Matter of opinion, I know. Just think of the most recent
Presidential campaigns and the resulting election!  (Whew!
Yeah, I’m glad it’s over, too.) As they say, “nothing stays the same.”

As many of you can tell, I’m back in the blogger/communication
mode again. No, I don’t just drift along and then all of the sudden arbitrarily
decide to change something, and then offer up an announcement of it. No, on the
contrary, what I’m doing—have been doing—is,
and has been, calculated, planned, weighed out, and then strategically and
incrementally set in motion. (There’s that word again!)

But why
Change what I’ve already done?

Let me say a few things first. I do not
consider myself a religious person. I’m on the edge regarding all that, as a
lot of us are; still full of confusion, doubt, admitted ignorance. Yet, I still
offer up prayers and hopes that all this craziness down here on this little
planet exists for some reason, and that I
exist...for some reason, and that things are ultimately going to change for
the better. As a result, I choose, everyday, to voice a simple prayer for my
family, for myself and for you, actually.
For:

A measure
of Faith, an allotment of Wisdom, and a sense of Purpose!

(That goes
for you too, Mr. Trump! Sincerely!)

This is the best I can do, because somehow
along the way we have to convince ourselves that this life—this motion—we’re subjected to has some
meaning. Even if we haven’t figured out just what all that means yet.

I’ve looked at things this way most of my life.
I truly wish I had the answers. But, I don’t. What I can do, is keep moving, keep
changing, keep questioning, and keep humble. So, that’s why I write, and why I
keep trying to improve what I write,
and how it is presented.

I’ve made some changes to my most recent book,
Smartbrain, as well as to some of the
older ones as you might have noticed. Let me explain why. As a self-published author,
I have to compete with literally millions of other authors for attention, from you…the consumer. No different than with restaurants, smartphone makers, or
anyone else that offers some thing,
or some service.

We all
behave this way. You do!

You do it when you dress up and prepare for a
Job Interview; you do it when you try to persuade your employer that this way
is better than that way; you do it when you go out on a date; you do it when
you show up at 6:00am and vote! We all seem to have this inherent penchant to
try to improve.

I’ve realized this from the start. That is why
I have done what I’ve done. Let me lay it out: I seek to give back to life; I’ve
written a number of books; I’ve created a platform; I’ve presented them to
people to test the markets, get opinions and reviews; I’ve listened to these comments
and critiques; I’ve humbly taken them to heart, and have made improvements so
that forthcoming Readers can enjoy these works to an even greater degree than others
before them.

What you’ll find when you—the Reader—experiences
my books, are characters in varying circumstances that in relative ways mimic and
acknowledge the drives, penchants, hopes and feelings, places and potentials,
that we all find ourselves in—in reality or imagination—asking the questions,
enduring the frustrations, and hoping, as we keep trying our best to step up to
the challenges this life subjects us to.

G. F. Smith