Sometimes you feel it rumbling for quite a while before it gets there. You know it's coming and not quite sure how you feel.
Change is good. It keeps us on our toes, let's us know when we're on the wrong path and gives us a chance to find THE path.
There are times when you are beckoned down that road knowing full well it will be difficult journey that may not end the way you would like.... but you take it anyway. You grow, have fun, learn, make new friends, find old ones and deal with the heartbreak you know is coming.
No one can change who you are but they can certainly bring to light the things you do not like in yourself or others and force you to make a choice. Frequently you don't want to make that choice because you know how it will affect those around you.
And sometimes you decide to make a change and then something happens to redirect you yet again... a pleasant surprise. That has happened many times over the years.
One of the biggest obstacles to change is fear... fear of what may or may not happen. There's the fear of failure which prevents many of us from making any changes in our lives. The other obstacle? Responsibility. Plain and simple. We don't make the changes necessary fearing the responsibility it will entail. It's easy to come up with excuse after excuse and never move forward or get what you truly want... and then it leads to more complaining and frustration.
Some of us play the "if only" game. If I had just made the other choice, I wouldn't be here or maybe I would have what I want. "If only" serves no purpose but to remind us that we have choices... choices to make each and every moment of every day. You can choose to move towards what you want, choose what someone else told you is the right one or not choose at all (inaction is a choice as well).
The only way to know is to choose....
What are you waiting for??
To be continued.......
