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The Magic of Change By Claudette Rowley Copyright 2004
"It takes a lot of courage to release familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." - Alan Cohen
Often when I ask new clients how they handle change, I hear responses such as "I hate change!" or "I'm terrible at change." It's very rare that someone says to me "I love change. When change appears in my life, I just go with flow."
Change is a part of life. In fact, some would say that maintaining balance in midst of change IS life. Change is always happening. We only need to look at natural world to know this. Human life, like nature, ebbs and flows, lives and dies, can erupt like a volcano and be as peaceful as stream burbling through your backyard. Yet so often we resist that which is natural.
The "magic" in change is being present with it. Being present with it means allowing it to be what it is. It's so easy to resist change because it stimulates fear, it's unknown and we feel out of control. However, you have choice to allow change rather than resisting it. Here's a sentence that often helps me: "It is what it is, so it couldn't be different."
Keys to allowing:
* Keep in mind that you don't have to like it; you just have to allow it. Caveat: Often when we're told to ACCEPT a situation, we think that means we have to like it. You don't have to like it, you simply need to allow without judgment - your thoughts, feelings, and actions.
