Thanks for your valuable addings, man that fears change :-)

I think about this a lot and find it really interesting that a simply rational approach can still bring up irrational feelings.

Absolutely. It's a constant struggle, and most of the trouble takes place in our heads.
Sometimes it helps to do one step back and ask ourselves how we would decide if this wasn't OUR problem :-) Being part of the problem sometimes doesn't help to find the way out.