Everything in our life is about change. As children, we go from Kindergarten to Grade School, Grade School to High School, High School to College. We marry, move and have families of our own. And repeat the process. All the while, accepting, even expecting, the changes in our lives. We like everything to be neat and predictable. There is comfort in the status quo.
And yet, when unexpected changes happen, we do everything we can to resist the changes. We're forced to let go of the familiar and thrust out of our comfort zones.
Sometimes, the change can be so sudden, so traumatic, that our own life looks different to us- unrecognizable. The devastation can be so far reaching that we don't look or feel the same as we did before.
Ultimately, how we deal with the change determines how we get through it. It's our resistance that sabotages our processing of the change. There are times, throughout some of life's most difficult challenges, that we must stop resisting and surrender to life's flow. Change is thrust upon us and, like it or not, we are forced to concede.
Change moves us out of our comfort zone and allows us to experience new things. Most times this means saying goodbye to something, opening the door for something new.
Change can be a time of personal growth and happiness. We discover qualities in ourselves that we never knew we had. We develop strengths and talents and meet new people.
If you're spiritual, you may realize that through change, you're being taken through the steps to be the person you are supposed to be and learn to understand your true purpose in life.
The most important aspect in dealing with change is YOU. Your attitudes and coping resources determine how well you navigate the change.
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf". - by Zinn, Jon
Kabat
You can build walls, or you can build windmills!
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That is beautiful! Congratulations!
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