Change is Good

In order to attract the types of people and experiences you want in life, you have to be willing to let other things go. This is the hard part. We often view the people and circumstances in our life as what defines us: so-and-so was really there for me that one time, or this is all I've ever known.

The problem with clinging to the past is that no growth can ever really come from it. And, if you're not careful, the lies you tell yourself (in order to avoid change) will have disastrous affects on your body and health.

Change is good. Change is necessary. Change is inevitable.

During my first year of University a girl lived across the hall from me. While the rest of us were revelling in the real freedom of not having to answer to our parents; she - not willing to accept the change - spent most of her time resisting it. She would cry for hours in her room. Until, finally, her parent's told her she could come back home.

The day she left I asked her why she was leaving. She told me she missed home too much. I told her she needed to grow up.

Life will present you with a series of curve balls and obstacles. All of which are designed to unsettle you and make you re-evaluate who you really are. Or, more accurately, who you are capable of becoming.

You always have a choice. You can sit and mope about the horrible thing that has happened to you, or you can accept it for what it really is; a gateway to a better alternative.

But you have to be open to it. And you have to believe that you are capable of pressing on.

So many times people stay in relationships because they are afraid to move on. They've used the relationship to define themselves. It's suppose to be a quick-fix for all their misery. But relationships don't and won't make you happy. They can't. Another person isn't designed to meet all your wants and needs. Part of the journey is realizing that only you can be in control of your own ship.

Will you be lonely? For sure. Scared? At times. Confused? Absolutely. But, by conquering the dark and scary times alone is what reaffirms that you are completely OK as you are. It's the Universe's way of reminding you that this is your journey. Your obstacle course.

Staying in a situation that depletes you -- whether that is a job, a friendship, or a toxic relationship, denies you the ability to allow your true self to soar. Being happy -- truly happy, is important. It's imperative.

Don't ever be afraid of change. By making yourself open to it, you create the space for a world of possibilities to come in and enhance your life. By resisting it -- you deny the very essence of who you are meant to be.

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