Today I wanted to share a post from the First 30 Days blog and is written by my dear fiend, Ariane De Bonvoisin. Every post I write always correlates to what is going on in my own life so this one really resonated with me tonight so I wanted to share here as well.
The path to prosperity and success has everything to do about growth... and everything to do with growth has everything to do about going through change:
"Change is a funny thing- too often we think things like:
Change is hard
I hate change
Decisions are tough
We don’t look forward to change. We joke that we would prefer things not to change.
So I wondered- why is it we never think of or remember all the great changes we loved?
Meeting someone and falling in love, getting married, having a baby, starting a new job we didn’t think we would get, making some well earned money, losing weight, moving to a great new place, recovering from an illness, doing something exceptional, deciding to change careers, go back to school, pursuing a dream, simply becoming a happier person, or meeting that person that became your best friend now….
There are hundreds of great life changes and decisions we have all been part of.
What are some of the best decisions you have made? What are some of the hardest changes you actually got through and developed real inner strength and spirit?
I met an older man in a restaurant the other day in New York- he overheard me passionately encouraging a friend of mine who was exploring making a change in his life, moving, changing careers etc… he interrupted us and reminded me that change was against human nature, people only want safety and security. He, together with so many of us, want to keep our little world exactly the same. He had never thought of all the great changes he had experienced so far in his life.
And yet, everyday, we are reminded that everything changes. Everything.
If we could only start welcoming changes, even those that make us feel out of control, where we don’t know how things might end up, where our world may be turned around, we might see that usually, there is the seed of something new, something positive that is already growing beneath the surface.
Change is not meant to make us bitter, only better (someone famous said this to me at some point)
Think of what would never happen if nothing ever changed from this point on in your life…..? Now would you prefer to allow change in, or would you prefer to sign up for the no-more change ever program?"
If you are going through any kind of change... good, bad or difficult please do yourself a favor and visit First 30 Days and First 30 Days blog. Their entire focus is helping you through change and transition.