This past pandemic year has been a wild ride for all of us, and we were all impacted and changed in many different ways. We all had to learn to adjust to a distant way of life where we celebrate holidays and birthdays through video calls and attend our classes through a computer.  Something I have come to realize is that we have been focusing so much on the changes of our world and how the coronavirus has affected it, we are not aware of the changes that have been going on in each one of us from the months of quarantine and self-reflection. My way of thinking on everything in life has changed and I have a clearer view of the world now. I have also included a picture of the word change and chance which I think symbolizes perfectly why change is so important in our lives. Change gives us the chance to begin something new and start with a clean slate. Change frees us from our past mistakes and allows us to move forward in our lives without dwelling in the past. Most importantly, change gives us something to look forward to in our lives and gives us hope that there are greater things ahead of us and this past pandemic year, although being a tough one, provided us with a lot of that change that we need in our lives.