A Change is as Good as a Rest

 

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"Change will come, whether we wish it to or not. To fight it is like fighting the sunrise. Better to say, 'Ah, welcome old friend. Here you are again.' "Bruce Coville

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Barack Obama

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”Albert Einstein

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” Mother Teresa

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” Dolly Parton

"All great changes are preceded by chaos.”Deepak Chopr

There are four days to go until the General Election and, whichever party wins, there are bound to be changes. Labour's Manifesto is headed 'Change' and Sir Keir Starmer claims, "At this election we can change Britain." 

'A change is as good as a rest,' they say. Time will tell. 

We're not new to change, however, Rishi Sunak is the fifth Prime Minister since the Tories came to power in 2010 and since then so many cabinet ministers have come and gone it's been hard to keep track. 

Make sure you use your vote on Thursday to bring about the changes you want to see.

Change can be exciting and refreshing, but also unsettling. Use these writing prompts to explore changes in your life.

Writing Prompts:

• Make a list of all the major changes that have happened in your life.
  
• Choose what has been the biggest change then set a timer and write about it for six minutes.
• If you could change one thing about your life at the moment, what would it be? Explore the answer to this question in your writing.  
• If you could wave a magic wand, what changes would you like to see in the world in the future?