Fear of Change?

Why are we so afraid of Change? We obviously feel threatened by it as work-places run regular seminars about coping with it...Instead of being forward-looking, seeing the potential for growth, we always look back to what we are losing, whether its status, identity, health, or a relationship.
Sometimes I think about how I've changed over the years. When I was younger, I found routine boring, restrictive as a straitjacket. Rebelling from parent's ideals, I wanted to be creatively free as thistledown, but then the world of work forced me to find a framework to operate within, with structures, timetables, setting targets, evaluating progress... organisation and accountability!
It's all a matter of balance, I suppose, letting our different sides operate in our lives. At different times I've realised that I'm lop-sided & have to re-evaluate my life, not just my work. Sometimes it takes a shock for us to realise that we need change - or perhaps a shock forces it upon us! With me, a health scare gave me time to sit back and realise that my identity had been all tied up in work both paid and voluntary, and when these ceased to be so consuming, I didn't know who "I" was any more, I had been too busy "doing". If asked, all my answers were past-tense; there were none in the present.
Meanwhile, work opportunities for creativity have been drying up, due to organisational clampdowns on individual autonomy and emphasis on process rather than progress, which seem to be happening right across the business field. So my change in priority from work to my relationships with others and developing "me" was a opportune shift, preparing me for the move towards finding a creative outlet elsewhere.
There was a while in the wilderness, waiting patiently for inspiration, but it did come, and now I'm rediscovering who I am. So don't be afraid of change - grasp it firmly, & the nettle can't sting -and if it does, the dock leaf is always at hand to ease the pain - it's a divine principle!