The Truth About Change
It is a truth that change is difficult. There are many types of change but for the purposes of this discussion we will address only two - the change that we initiate ourselves and secondly, the change that is forced upon us by outside parties, events or others out of our control. In either case, change is never easy. We love the familiarity of routine. It is hard to think of getting out of it. Our routine becomes habit and our habit is comfortable for us for the most part. I read once that routine or habit is a long grave with both sides kicked out. It is a rut. Comfortability does not necessarily mean that the routine or habit we have adopted is a good one. The truth is people enjoy and feel secure in habits even negative ones. So change of any kind is often viewed with a sense of uncertainty or even a sense of foreboding. We do not relish change. Change requires us to engage in something new or different. We recognize in our lives that we need to do some things. We realiz...