I really do hate change.. With only 2 1/2 weeks until school starts, the fear of change is definitely starting to cross my mind quite a bit. We’ve had a busy summer but a good one and I am not ready for that to end.  I am not ready for the stress of school and transitioning to a new routine. I’ve never been good at change. I need a plan – a schedule – a routine – and the known. Once I get into my routine, I hate it being changed (even slightly). But change is part of life – the ebbs and flows of life.

I’ve learned that everything changes…. Friendships change, people change, jobs change, houses change, you grow older, and the seasons change. Nothing stays the same – but it’s all in your perspective.  You have to accept the change.  I am not good at accepting change.  I have a bad habit of trying to prevent the change and trying to hold onto what was vs accepting what is. I love the heat and sun of summer and winter is very depressing to me as the life outside is dark and gloomy. I hate the cold but I love my sweatshirts and heavy blankets. The cold depressing winter has dark trees without leaves, flowers hidden under the ground, and grass that has turned brown vs a lush green.  Yet while things appear to die in the winter, there is a rebirth of life as the seasons change. As winter changes to spring, the buds appear on the trees, the grass starts to turn greener, and the flowers start to grow. By summer, it’s a complete new season and everything has bloomed in beautiful colors and the scent of fresh flowers fills our yards.  Everything under the ground during winter is just waiting for the change.  Everything outside is prepared and accepts the season changes. So why can’t I transition like the seasons? Because I hate change!

Our bodies change and shift. I have recently found a few white-ish eyebrow hairs. Things aren’t as perky as they used to be (you know what I mean).  And yes I have a mom pouch (aka wine pouch). I am better at accepting my body changes than life changes and people changes. I haven’t done Botox or fillers or a “lift.”  So how do we accept change like the seasons? How do we accept and embrace change? How do we find a way to be comfortable with the change? We have to change our perspective on change. Get it – change on change? Change can be a good thing, a scary thing, and a very uncomfortable thing. I always get stuck in the uncomfortable part of change.  But change can also mean a transition to a new life and a new sense of being and purpose. Learning to embrace the change and allowing ourselves to BE OK throughout that change. We have to take it day by day and moment by moment. We have to stop looking backward and stop fearing the future.  We have to live RIGHT NOW even if we hate change. The only thing to fear – is fear itself – not change.

CHOICE – CHANCE – CHANGE

HOICE – CHANCE – CHANGE