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Facing changes in life
Especially when it’s challenging
The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress — Charles Kettering.
Change is something we all face, especially this year, which has been extremely challenging for many people. Yet so few people are willing to embrace change unless it’s forced on them.
Change before you have to.
Personally speaking, I’ve never had any problems with change. Over the last 3 years, I have changed my partner, changed my home, changed my diet, changed my health, changed my body shape, and now I am changing my business or how I earn my income — the hardest of all changes.
Yet all around me, I see everyone resisting change. When others show some interest in how I went from porky to slim, I talk about diet, nutrition, and how I eat, and you can almost see them bristle. And the more they obviously need a change the more they resist it. They either humour me, argue with me or put me down — treat me like I am odd or weird.
I understand how everyone doesn’t like change, but so many people go to extreme lengths to resist it, even though they know that eventually, they have to do something different. I think the problem is fear of the new.
