It is easy for us to continue with the status quo. Changes takes energy and most of us already have such stressed and busy lives that any change that requires more than the usual amount of effort is rejected even if we know it will bring about long term benefits. However, change is vital to our survival and our growth:
- Change keeps our senses awakened: If we keep wearing the same perfume we get used to the fragrance, so much so that eventually we don't even smell the perfume.
- New opportunities arise with change that weren't there before.
- Change helps us to see things in a different light: In a transformed environment, we see things from a new perspective and we learn to find new solutions to problems and situations.
- We grow and develop as people through change: We learn new things about ourselves and discover aspects of ourselves we didn't even know existed before.
- Change is inevitable so accepting it and moving with it brings a new flow and excitement to our lives.
- Lastly, this world needs brave and courageous people to inspire change; be the optimist, the positive person who helps others and leads them to a better place.
Change may seem difficult but change always brings something new. It's time to embrace the full range of experiences that life has to offer; no more clinging to the old and outdated that stagnate our lives. Be the change you are longing for!
By Liani Soderholm