**ADAPTABLE, INDESTRUCTIBLE: WHY WE NEED TO BE LIKE WATER** The word “change” always fills us with fear even if we do not acknowledge it. As humans, we love the perception of continuity, of everything remaining as they are. Thus, when with time we realize that changes have occurred we reminisce for “those good old days”. But the reality is that life is change. And change is perpetual. So the Maria of today is not the Maria of yesteryears – and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Of course for vanity purposes, we would all like to remain ‘young’ but again that is not really a good thing. So what does this have to do with water and leadership and politics?