Change…
How did you feel when you read that word?
What went through your mind?
Why did that word cause a reaction?
Because… you have a history with it and what it means!
Why do you have a history with change?
Because you are a being of evolution!
You have been evolving since the day you were born.
As an infant you began evolving – you grew into a being that learned to identify language, spoken and body language, you learned emotions (probably more significant evolution was in your teenage years 😉) !
We evolve academically – growing in intelligence – perhaps primarily through formal education.
But one thing we cannot deny is that we are continually evolving! And that’s GREAT! Why?!
Because you can be MORE tomorrow than you are today!
There is always room for growth. . . . and growth
. . . . requires CHANGE!
So my encouragement today is to LEAN INTO CHANGE! Roll with it! Embrace it! Why? Because there is a greater you waiting to emerge! Feed it, water it, nurture it… grow the YOU that craves to be more!
What does the other side of this coin look like? Resistance.
What happens when we resist change? It:
Stunts growth
Discourages us
Makes us depressed
Delays evolution or shuts it down
Do you know anyone that has chosen to settle? To not push themselves? To stop growing? Are they your role model? Most likely they are not!
Who do we look to for encouragement?
Those that “take the bull by the horns”
Those that “live life to the full”. Those that live out their dreams!
When change comes to them. They don’t fight it. They don’t try to go around it. They embrace the opportunity to GROW, to become more!
Change allows us to experience LIFE! To be fully alive. . . be ready to learn something new.
How do we embrace change?
It needs to begin in our MIND and with our ATTITUDE.
Develop positive thoughts around change.
Know and remind yourself…. CHANGE IS GOOD!
There is a Holocaust survivor named Viktor E Frankl and he views our attitude as a freedom! He declares it is a freedom “to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” WoW! Of all people that has a reason to have a bad attitude… but he CHOOSES to have a good attitude!
We are designed to make choices… and this is a freedom! Meaning: it’s up to YOU!
Your attitude is your first choice. So choose wisely!
When change comes your way…. Lean into it! Allow it to be. Accept it…. Roll with it. Grow, Evolve, CHANGE!
CHANGE IS GOOD!