Change Is Scary

I've always talked about change. Life gives us unexpected changes, ready or not, this will happen in all of our lives. During Covid, there were a lot of changes going on with everyone, and it was scary. Even now, with the government so corrupt, with the cost of living beyond most people's means and with what is going on in our world, it is still scary. 

So there are two things we can do. We can either embrace the changes or we can stick our heads in the sand or shut off our hearts because we are afraid. 

We can keep going down the path we were on, making sure we don't get hurt, or we can stand up and embrace the fear. 

Yes, change is scary, and fear often keeps us stuck in one place. We would rather stay in a horrible situation than step out in the unknown, which seems so much scarier in our minds because we don't know what's out there.

But what if you never took a chance? What if fear kept you stuck? What would you have missed out on? I, for one, can tell you I wouldn't have had my own business. I stepped out on faith, just as I was getting a divorce to start a business from scratch. I didn't know how I was going to pay my bills or how I was going to get clients. I wasn't getting alimony, and the measly child support I was getting barely put food on our table. So how was I going to do this?

If I let fear rule me, I would be stuck in some stuffy office working for peanuts. I would have to be kissing some 20-year-olds ass and hating it. Instead, I decided that since I was shaking up my whole life as it was, why not step out and do what I was passionate about. I took that chance, and now eleven years later, I have an amazing business I love,

I have lots of clients, and I make the rules. I have been able to take care of my girls, something I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to do.

For me, changes from the heart are even more scary because I used to have a bad picker. I used to choose men who can't or won't step up. I had the need to please so badly that I used to give away my voice and my power and lose myself to another person. So in this area of my life, as with a lot of women out there, and I imagine some men as well, this has been the scariest part, to let go and let love in.

But I've realized that life without love.... well, that's not a life at all. We all need love. We are built to give love and receive love. It is like the air we breathe. It is necessary to live. If you don't step out and take a chance, what are you missing out on? What amazing things and people will you have missed? If you don't take a chance, you will never know. 

So today, my friends, I leave you with this... Yes, the world is a crazy place right now. All of our lives are being shaken up and rearranged, but we must change. We must be open to change. We don't know what the world will look like tomorrow, but we must not get so caught up in fear that it keeps us paralyzed. Just remember that opportunities are lost in the blink of an eye, but regret can last a lifetime. I, for one, don't ever want to regret anything in my life. So I have learned to overcome my fear of change, and so can you.

"Be the change you want to see”