I must be 100% honest when I tell you, I am not that big into change. I admit, I like routine and structure. I enjoy knowing that the things I have to do this week are the same that they were the week before, and the year before. Often times, during dog training, I have to explain to clients that their dog is making an adjustment. Depending on how old the dog might be, I explain that change is hard for everything and everyone.
We, just like my client’s dogs, have to figure out, why we can no longer do freely the things that we used to be able to do so easily and without restrictions? Why are things changing around me? We find ourselves in a familiar place but maybe the people are totally different or worst even, we find ourselves with familiar people but the environment has changed or shifted.
Change is a funny thing, not everyone can handle it. it can sneak up on you. Things aren’t what they used to be. The entire world has transformed. A few months back I started a 12-week challenge. Nothing huge or dramatic. The goal of the challenge is to for every day for the next 84 days to do something that will make me grow (Physically, Intellectually, Emotionally, and Spiritually), regardless of how you feel.
I was able to make a choice to change for 84 days, hopefully creating a habit that will endure. But what about those of you who didn’t make the choice to change and life rocked you? Your entire world is transformed. You realize the ground beneath you has shifted and things aren’t certain and there is no turning back.
The world around you is different, unrecognizable, you’re stuck and there is nothing you can do about it. Like I said, I’m not big into change.