Change Happens!

Most of my posts are about how a person can effect the change they want in their life. It is about being who you want to be. Today, I would like to talk a little about the changes that come into our lives. Whether we like it or not, change happens!

Change Happens!

The older you get, the more you begin to understand that change is inevitable. I used to say that there is no way to get away from change other than to die. I have since understood that even then we change.

Change happens! There is no getting around it. If we try to fight change we only become frustrated and angry. We cannot control it.

Some people will tell you that you can control your life. Some will say that it is by faith, some, the Law of Attraction. Whatever the medium, they will tell you that you can control your life and bend it to your will.

I disagree. You can control how you think about life, how you react to it, but you cannot control life itself. There are just too many variables! People will desert you, hurt you, leave you. The weather may not be what you want on your wedding day or your graduation. The economy is beyond your control. You may be rich today and poor tomorrow.

What you can control is your thinking, your reaction. Change happens! When it does, instead of simply reacting as you always do, stop and think a moment about what you want. How do you want your life to be in relation to this change, this situation?

You do have a choice, some control, over how you react.

Let’s say that someone close to you dies. You can choose to fold in on yourself, become a recluse and spend the rest of your life angry at the person for dying and leaving you or, hurt that life, or God, took them from you.

Your other choice is to understand that you are grieving. That life for you has not ended, but simply gone through a huge change. Certainly you will go through a time of mourning, but at some point you either decide to go on with your life, learn new skills and go on new adventures, or sit in the dark.

The changes that come don’t have to be quite so drastic, but to some people the loss of a job, or their home feels the same. Their only hope is to learn to control their thinking.

Change happens!

There is no getting away from it. How will you react the next time change comes into your life?