Daily Mood Quote
Day 111 – August 22, 2011
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
~Alan Watts
Change is inevitable and when you are a student, parent, spouse and entrepreneur change is a must. I have to move the daily mood quotes blog posting, to later in the evening. It will still be my daily mood, that doesn't change and the format will continue to be the same. The only thing that will change is the time it is posted. Instead of by 7 a.m. PST, it will be by 7 p.m. PST. There will still be quotes, movie quotes and stories. The reason for the change is schedule. I simply cannot be in two places at one time. But that's a subject for another blog and another day.
Today, I want to talk about how we handle change, or not. Me, change means, first an anxiety attack, because it's not my nature to plunge right in. Simple and safe, that's me. I make lists, with a little flexibility built in, but “big sweeping change” always includes the initial anxiety attack followed quickly by mild panic and then a wide range of emotions. It's not that I fear change, I'm just not a big fan of it, I accept that “change happens.” It is the nature of all things.
In the movie Freaky Friday, Anna (played by Lindsay Lohan) and Tess (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) said simultaneously, “A journey soon begins...” my life's journey is constant change and as Gail Sheehy said, “If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow. We aren't really living.” And so, life is change. No surprise there, just like gravity, change is unavoidable and constantly pulling on you. Usually, its a gentle tug that helps us move from day-to-day and keeps pace with the cycles and the ups and downs of life. Bruce Barton said, “Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.” I'm not sure that fear comes from overconfidence, I think fear may be more rooted in self-doubt. But change does bring with it hope (notice a call back to last week's theme here?). Its kind of a package deal. Lets face it, if everything always remained the same; then we would be stuck with the less than happy parts of our lives. So, in comes change and with it the opportunity to make our life better and more rewarding. Change may scare us at first, (humans are generally creatures of habit - except for the intrepid few), but it also can be our liberator from the issues and problems that hold us back, stop our progress and pi%& us off. Okay change, lets see what you've got: I'm ready...I think, maybe.....Angst, angst, angst....
Will you join the dance of “change” today?
Tune in tomorrow to read the daily mood quote
Thank you for reading
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