It's an interesting thing, really, how we respond to change. Some of us are paralyzed by the concept of change while others readily accept it. I would argue, though, that change is hard for us all, even when we logically know it's for the best.
Sometimes, we create, or life presents us with, issues and challenges that require us to adapt. Other times, we find ourselves droning on in unfulfilling or untenable situations, and we must initiate the change on our own. Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. We recognize the accuracy of this statement, yet we often have difficulty beginning something new.
I believe that the only thing over which we have absolute control is how we respond to that which we can not control. The essence of life is that it is a natural, spontaneous flow of changes. Change will, invariably and inevitably, occur. Our goal, then, should be to acknowledge change, surrender to it, manage our reactivity to it, and move through it, ever onward, with gratitude for lessons learned from past experiences, as well as for the new opportunities that lie ahead.
Marilyn Monroe once said, "Sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together." I tend to believe that our lives don't improve by chance, but, rather, by choice and by change. The hand we are dealt in life is, indeed, largely determined by things beyond our control. However, we can play that hand strategically in order to stay in the game and, ultimately, win.
May you embrace the changes that present themselves to you today and may they provide you with a more beautiful tomorrow. After all, "what the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly." ~ Lao Tzu.
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