It’s a simple fact that we want the things in our lives to remain familiar and stable. We strive to create routine in our lives, and make our world as predictable as possible. Routine and predictability make us feel safe, secure, and in control.
Because of our desire for predictability, we can often be resistant to change. The status quo feels more comfortable and we are reluctant to stretch ourselves, do new things, and take risks.
Oddly, even though we are so adverse to change, we are constantly in a state of change. Our bodies are changing, technology forces us to change, the people around us are changing, and our life circumstances are constantly changing.
Even the most courageous can feel some hesitancy at embracing a new identity or accepting a new challenge in our lives, especially if we are uncertain of how well we will survive or successfully navigate the change. After all, noone wants to fail.
I know this first hand…I am personally facing one of my biggest challenges of change that I have been avoiding for a very long time, and feel I do not have the pleasure of doing so anymore. If I do, other things in my life that I love passionately will not be possible.
Noticing and acknowledging the resistance to change while working to accept that it is a normal reaction does help to better manage it.
I am sharing my personal journey, which is a BIG edge for me, with sharing there comes huge accountability and with that vulnerability.
My high dream is that it will help others face what they have been resisting most in their life and they will be willing to stretch themselves, do new things, and take those necessary risks that offer the surest path to the successful outcomes we are all wanting.
I have learned that no transformation, true transformation, happens without a pause. Take some time to pause and get real with what your heart already knows.
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Wishing you the best always,
Corinne McElroy
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Yes ma’m!! Change. Pause and square up with the truth! I heard that!!
Praise to your high dream!