Change is typically something we normally tend to avoid. We get comfortable with the status quo and we start to fear that change will take us somewhere worse as opposed to somewhere\u00a0better. But the reality is that change can be exciting! Why? Because making a change means you WILL end up\u00a0somewhere different than where you are right now, and somewhere different opens up the possibility of getting somewhere\u00a0better than where you are right now!<\/p>\n
Now I know many of your first thoughts in reactions to my last sentence\u00a0will be “Yeah, but I could also end up somewhere way worse!”\u00a0 It is that very thought that creates\u00a0what I call\u00a0F.O.C. (a dirty word in my book).\u00a0Fear Of Change. That one little thought that you allow into your head is literally responsible for all of your F.O.C.\u00a0That one thought that has the power to stop you in your tracks and prevent you from ever exploring anything new…that one thought can\u00a0prevent you from ever learning out\u00a0“what could be” in your life…\u00a0that one thought literally has the\u00a0power to\u00a0stop our progress…and that one thought, if we allow it in our heads, will end up being\u00a0the reason our lives\u00a0never become all that they are meant to\u00a0become.<\/p>\n
For us to become everything we can be we have to continuously be willing to face change. Change is what\u00a0helps us\u00a0grow beyond where we are currently into new territories where we can learn new lessons and go through new experiences to become better.<\/p>\n
To overcome F.O.C., when we are considering making a change we cannot\u00a0allow ourselves to have that thought that the change\u00a0might take us\u00a0somewhere worse, and\u00a0instead we have to force ourselves\u00a0to\u00a0only think “This change is absolutely going to take me somewhere SO MUCH BETTER!”. By\u00a0only allowing\u00a0that one thought\u00a0just imagine\u00a0how different you\u00a0will\u00a0handle changes.\u00a0You will have no\u00a0F.O.C. Instead you will be EXCITED about\u00a0change because change will\u00a0mean\u00a0hope and a belief in better things to come.<\/p>\n
We have two choices in life. We can stay where we are and only get exactly what we have…or we can embrace change and move forward in order to allow\u00a0something so much better. Remember your life is going to be far more grand than you realize if you let it…all it takes is a controlling the thoughts you allow in your head.<\/p>\n
Have a great weekend everyone!<\/p>\n
~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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