Sometimes we just don’t like change

I got a message from a business coach this week. He was saying that sometimes we just don’t like change. And most of us can relate to that. The unknown can be scary. If change involves someone or something taking away our security blanket, or moving us out of our comfort zones, then – no – we don’t like change. But in reality, everything is changing. Always!

The world is changing.

Our job is changing in some way.

Technology is constantly changing (that can drive me crazy!)

YOU are changing.

Change is the fabric of life!

When we initiate change, we are more excited. We see it as an adventure! When circumstances – or perhaps someone else initiates change – then we balk. We don’t necessarily like it. We don’t see the vision. We just see the immediate discomfort or pain.

What can we do about change since it is constant?

We can drag our feet and complain. Or we can figure out what good can come from the change.

How could it help if your attitude was different?

Is there anything you can do about it?

How can you adapt to the change?

How can you make the most of the change?

What adjustments do you need to make?

How can this become your new adventure?

Transition…the very word means to move from one stage to another. What exciting thing might happen to you if you ask yourself: “Regardless of how I got here, how do I move on from here?”

Laughter yoga helps me tremendously in dealing with changes. I know myself. I can be prettttttttty  disturbed and resisting. I have a tendency to be nostalgic of what used to be. Yeah. I do.

And reading this message made me realize that I HAVE NO CONTROL whatsoever on everything changing in my life!  But where I do have control is on the way that I REACT to all that and the way I CHOOSE TO SEE it. So this might just be my next year’s resolution (HA!  I never do that but I just might this year. I can change too!). See changes as an adventure, as something brand new in my life, as new possibilities for me to learn something.

Let this sit in your mind for a while: When I decide to change something, then I feel safe… when life changes something, then I’m scared…

Let’s tame that dragon and laugh at that!

Food for thought!

Be well

Health, Joy and Laughter

Your HAHA Sister, Linda

Thank you David Draney – The Tactical Strategist  for that inspiration!