Sound ominous doesn't it? Could be! For the first time in my Magna life I am troubled by the direction my employer is taking. It better not interfere with the direction of my life! Or perhaps that is my life, and and as such of course it is gonna interfere. So! It better not interfere with my Ironman!
But change is usually good eh? You can't always control the things that happen to you, but you can control your attitude in response to those things. The only really important things that I wish to retain are the love of my wife and my grandchildren, and the tolerance of my children. Everything else is nogotiable.
However, when you have been in one situation for a very long time the possibility of change is more frightening. But perhaps in that very fear lies a message. A message that it's time for a change anyway.
When we are afraid of change it is because we see a future that is less desirable than the past, but with what good reason I ask? Who can see the future? I know that in almost all cases when I thought I could, I was very wrong.
I remember how shocked I was when my parents decided to enact their own significant change and retired from farming when my Dad was a very young 57 years old. Thank god he did, such that he was able to enjoy the remaining 10 years of his life, instead of milking cows another 365 X 2 X 10 =7,300 times!! Somehow he knew? I turn 57 this year!
Thanks for letting me put my internal dialogue out there. It really helps me to be public about my fears. Somehow naming the beast renders him less powerful.
(computrainer 60 mins, weights)
"Change always comes bearing gifts."---Price Pritchett
"Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become."---Anon
"God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me."---Anon
Love
Peter
But change is usually good eh? You can't always control the things that happen to you, but you can control your attitude in response to those things. The only really important things that I wish to retain are the love of my wife and my grandchildren, and the tolerance of my children. Everything else is nogotiable.
However, when you have been in one situation for a very long time the possibility of change is more frightening. But perhaps in that very fear lies a message. A message that it's time for a change anyway.
When we are afraid of change it is because we see a future that is less desirable than the past, but with what good reason I ask? Who can see the future? I know that in almost all cases when I thought I could, I was very wrong.
I remember how shocked I was when my parents decided to enact their own significant change and retired from farming when my Dad was a very young 57 years old. Thank god he did, such that he was able to enjoy the remaining 10 years of his life, instead of milking cows another 365 X 2 X 10 =7,300 times!! Somehow he knew? I turn 57 this year!
Thanks for letting me put my internal dialogue out there. It really helps me to be public about my fears. Somehow naming the beast renders him less powerful.
(computrainer 60 mins, weights)
"Change always comes bearing gifts."---Price Pritchett
"Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become."---Anon
"God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me."---Anon
Love
Peter
Embrace change, turn fear into a bright light of love, and live in the moment. The future is already taken care . Do not be afraid.
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