Sunday Story...Change is going to come

Or not. It is up to you. No one can make you change. I can’t nag you into change although it may feel like it. You can’t be dragged kicking and screaming into change.

It’s that whole lead a horse to water thing. I can show you why it makes sense. I can give you the scientific articles, the scholarly works proving that change is worth your while. I can show you anecdotal evidence of why change is going to work for you. I can be a living example of what change could do for you.

And none of that matters one whit. It just doesn’t matter until YOU decide to change. It can show up as a good idea, it can show up as great advice, it can show up as the right thing to do but until YOU make the decision that change is what you want it will never manifest into reality.

It really is that simple. Once you decide to change you will find all the evidence you need for change to be in your best interest. That really is the easy part. The hard part is change itself. Remember the old saying…”we have nothing to fear but fear itself?” Well we could just as easily say…”we have nothing to fear but change.” You are afraid of change. If you weren’t you would change. If you knew what was behind door #3 (the change door) you would bust that bad boy down. Instead you sit, cowering, in front of change trying to get up the courage to change. And most of the time your fear wins. Your fear conquers your desire to change.

Ever wonder why people with heart attacks go right back to the bad habits that got them there in the first place? Or the liver transplant recipients who continue drinking alcohol? Or the smoker with the oxygen tank attached to them? All of those people have been given really good reasons to change yet they don’t. Just like the thirsty horse standing in front of the trough staring at the water and not drinking. You are sitting right in front of the life you want, the body you want, the bank account you want, the education you want or the relationship you want and you are staring at it…frozen, unable to act. Maybe that isn’t what you really want? Maybe that “thing” is someone else’s dream, someone else’s life? Maybe you should figure out what it is you really want in life. Then maybe you will get off your duff and change. I don’t know what the answer is but I do know that when you get the right motivation, the right passion, and the right fire in your belly you will change.

It still won’t be easy. It still won’t be a walk in the park. It will still have setbacks and challenges and obstacles. You just won’t be deterred from getting where you want to go.

Change is simple:
Decide what you want.
Believe you deserve it.
Figure out how to get it.
Go get it.
Not easy though.

Namaste
John
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