You know Chris,
When it comes to change… the hardest part about it is accepting you need to change. It’s acknowledging your flaws, blockages, quirks, all the things that make you… someone who has the potential to become better.
Knowing this, why can’t I come to terms with changes I need to make in my life?
Signed,
Changing is hard
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Hmmm…it’s not that changing is hard, it’s that comfort is so very good…
So changing is hard, the real answer is…it’s not important, valuable or painful enough to you or you would change it.
If it were important, like for your health, wealth or sanity you would make it a priority. It’s not surprising that as some people get older, like me, we put a keen focus on staying healthy.
I love CBS Sunday morning and will even set the alarm to get up and see it. One segment I both love and hate is the obituaries. They highlight celebrities and well known people who have died in the last week. They show their ages. It makes me start counting down the clock.
Now that may sound morbid, but it inspires me to remain focused on my health and happiness because, while “no one gets out of this life alive,” we can sure as hell delay as long as we can.
So when I look at my week ahead, I plan healthy meals, time to exercise, time to read and reflect, etc. That is a change for me, who wanted to be “free” in my early years. I just wanted to eat, sleep and do whatever I wanted. Can’t quite do that as you age…smile.
What do you value, really?
Do you value peace, friendships, family, travel, etc.?
Do you have to change something to make more time for these things in your life?
I lived in a townhouse sharing an adjoining wall with a neighbor who had two boys. She would leave them at home to do whatever they wanted. So of course, what do boys, with no parental guidance, do? Play music loudly, have friends over, engage in secret rendezvous with unsavory characters and more. I needed to move because I valued my peace.
When I did, I rented a house. No adjoining walls, ever again. You might say, well Chris that wasn’t a “real” change…it was an upgrade! lol True.
However, that upgrade came at a financial cost.
But one I was willing to change my lifestyle to have.
I hesitate to get into the “pain” of making a change. I don’t want you to have to experience it as an incentive to change something in your life. However… It is sometimes the most effective way of getting you to where you’re meant to be.
There are way too many instances in my own life where “pain” caused me to change something in my life. From health to relationships and more. When I reflect on them, I’m so very glad I made the changes I did.
Only you can decide to “change” anything in your life, changing is hard.
However I will say this.
It is THE MOST powerful thing, that ONLY YOU get to control in your life.
Once you determine that there is a change you’d like to make, look in the mirror and celebrate the ultimate power and control you possess.
Let that inspire you to how important, valuable and pain-free your life should be.
~ Let life love you!
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