Embracing Change
The only
constant is change. We know this, we say it, we may even believe it, but we act
as if we really can have our cake and eat it too. (The cake can’t exist and be
eaten at the same time; or can it?)
What I’m
trying to say is this; change is a fact of your life and if you want to enjoy
this ride, you must embrace then change that comes with it.
Last week, I
noticed that movies now advertise for television. I mentioned it to my children
and they asked what I meant. I told them that not too long ago, you could find
out about a new movie while watching TV. Now you find out about a new
television show while at the movies.
This change was
gradual but is now just one of the givens.
I began to
wonder about the big shifts in my own life that have happened suddenly and
unnoticed. I wondered about areas where the tables had been turned.
As if on cue,
my daughter walked into my bedroom and looked around at the mess my suitcase had
made when it popped itself open and dumped its contents all over my room.
“I raised
you better than this,” she said mocking me. “We don’t live like this kid. I
know you’re tired because I’m tired of saying it, but get up and get this mess
up. An organized life is an organized mind.”
I told her
that if I had a pebble she could take it and go. She looked at me in confusion
and I tried to explain the TV show Kung Fu that starred David Carradine playing
in the role of an Asian martial artist.
She laughed
and told me to stop trying to make her laugh.
Big change is
happening right under our very noses. Whether you see it or not, it’s
happening.
Embrace the change because change has already embraced you.
Be you, be well, be changing.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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