What Makes a Difference
I think there are two types of people. There are those that live their lives secure and anchoring their dialogue in those things about their life that stay the same. They tend to feel comfortable in settings that have lots of familiar markers. When they look around, the look for the familiar, the constants, and the way its always been. The other type of person is one that centers the order of their universe on things that are different. They are comfortable in dynamic settings with lots of new input.
They often overlook the constants in lieu of finding the new. There is no great value judgement rendered for the two types. Both have equal capacities to do good and evil. But their world view, how they notice their comfort and fit in situations, alters what they will and won't entertain as possibilities.
I have friends that cannot stand change. I love them just as much, maybe even more, now that I have come to understand it better. They are loving, complete, wholehearted people just like the friends I have that can't wait to find the differences. I hold both types equally close to my heart. I suppose there was a time when I found it difficult to be around someone who always wanted things to be the same. I am no longer that way. I wonder if it is just because their reliance on the sameness is, in itself, just different enough from me to keep it interesting.