Change is a constant

We as humans love to figure out ways to do the least for the most benefit.  It is instinctive to seek out ways to minimize effort for anything we perceive that we have a right to.  A quick calculation takes place for any desire we have.  How much effort does it take?  Will the fulfillment of that desire be worth the output.  Is there a risk and is it a reasonable risk?  On a corporate level royalty, religious leaders, military leaders, and politicians all have done this as well.  This has lead to exploitation, bearing false witness, and down right murder.  The Ten Commandments touch on these areas.

Basically,we want to fulfill a desire without changing ourselves.  Change is painful.  Change creates a paradigm shift in our minds, hearts, and actions (Deuteronomy 6:4) that we just don't want to give up.  Our desires are typically based upon sustaining the status quo.  Thus our equation is more like, "what am I willing to give up for remaining where I am?"  We could also say our desire is focused towards a goal, like becoming a millionaire.  But still this is based upon sustaining some kind of a desire that one has pictured in their mind.

Change is essential for our growth.  It should not be avoided.  We are created to take the hard road not the easy way out.  We are meant to change, for the better.  Many times change is feared to be bad.  This is a valid concern.  In our Torah we have a passage:

Deuteronomy 6:5
Love HaShem your G-d with all of your heart (desire), with all of your soul (includes mind), and with all of your strength (action). 

This passage teaches us that our Creator is to be the center of our desires, minds, and actions.  The Torah is our litmus test to determine what needs changing and what does not.  Understand that change takes place within.  Don't change an action for the sake of changing the action.  Rather change the root problem deep inside so that action takes care of itself.

Change as revealed by Torah is the right change provided it is for the Creator's sake.  Changing for one own sake is fruitless and meaningless.