Life changes

With modern society we are becoming more flexible to change, we reinvent our wardrobes to suit the occasion, we renovate our homes with the newest exotic home wares and we even change careers to suit our lifestyles.

Change is everywhere, if you don’t like it you get left behind. It is that simple.

Life changes when we see that the old way will not cut it anymore, we need to think ahead and plan our lives being proactive in approach. Life changes can be forecasted or we can be surprised, either way we adapt to our new circumstances. Often times people see this in a reactive way and their defenses go up, there is resistance and they say ‘”I don’t see that working, why change it?”. Life has surprises no matter how well we organize and plan it.

I heard a story of this wonderful man who had a one night stand. The lady he was with got pregnant and he left his girlfriend which he adored, to be with the mother of his child. They got married and he has regretted it ever since. Eventually they got divorced many years later and he is left with a lot of alimony to pay. He now needs to support not only his children but also his ex-wife.

One change has impacted all his life even to this day! Change is always happening, we just need to ride the wave and learn from those events that are not in alignment with our purpose. After all this wonderful man has two healthy children and more life experience. Being grateful for what you have gives you the feeling that everything is good in the world. Change is just that. The transitional part of life as long as we handle it the best way we can and get the learnings/insights so we can apply them next time around!

People sometimes loose loved ones through sickness, accidents. Did you see the movie ‘Pay it Forward”? He was still very young and through a reckless act he pays the ultimate price. The question that I ask myself in this case is: ‘Did he serve his purpose in life?”. The answer is yes, he left a huge legacy as did the people that I know who were consumed by disease. They lived each day with gratitude and a smile and touched all those that came in contact with them. Yes they lived out their purpose, there is a ripple effect as a consequence and their legacy lives on.

Change happens to all of us to some extent, we change partners, change careers to be in better alignment as our needs and awareness changes. We accommodate what is important. The friends we gravitate towards change too, and that is all part of the growth we encounter. People adapt to change the best way they can, remember the learnings as we go to the next wave of change that is yet to greet us.