Sometimes it’s time to change and alter the course of your life – start a family, break-up with your partner, change jobs, start your own business, move abroad or start a new hobby. What kind of changes have you made? How did you inspire and convince yourself enough to take that step? How did you manage your doubts and fears that stood in your way? Did you just start implementing the change or did you start allowing the change only then, when you absolutely had to, when you had no choice – after kids leaving the house, after divorce or after losing your job? Often we are our strongest and meanest opponents: we question and belittle our ability to succeed with our goals and dreams. We tell ourselves that we should settle for this old life, play it safe, so nothing bad will happen – if we try to change, everything might go badly wrong. If we try and reach out for something new, we could fail. We may be surrounded by people who hold us back: others are staying the same too, stop daydreaming, be rational and you can’t do it anyway, you don’t finish anything anyway – you started learning Spanish at a community college, but you can’t speak a word. They might even forbid change from us. A change is always a threat to those who have closed their eyes, ”locked their answer” and in all possible ways refuse to grow and change. Then it has to be forbidden for people around them, too: otherwise it would be too threatening, it would come too close. In our circle of friends there will most likely always be someone, who is inspired by our thoughts and encourages us to live a fuller life and look for our truest self – whatever it may be for us at any given time. These inspiring people don’t try to define “the right way” for us and they don’t make the choices for us. They just listen, support and encourage us – get inspired with us, criticize us at times and keep our feet on the ground, when needed. The most important question is: when the time comes and the opportunity presents itself, do we have the courage to seize it – no matter our doubts and fears – and just have faith that everything will be alright and life will carry us. That it’s the most important thing to make decisions and challenge yourself – at times anything new is better than nothing new never. What kind of courageous changes have you made or what changes do you dream of in your life?
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 19:10:51 +0000