Change is Inevitable!

Things change all the time.  The grocery store or manufacturers change the prices. Places change their policies. Job descriptions change. Our tastes and likes all change all the time. The challenge in life is to not get hung up on the changes and just roll with it. One thing I've learnt as a parent is if it's not working, try something else. I see people all the time who are scared to death of change, but miserable in their current situation., stuck and unhappy with the consequences of their actions but unwilling to accept that something has got to change.

For the last couple years I have been constantly working to change myself and become who God wants me to be and be a person that I can be proud of all the time. I realized that I needed to change from the inside out. I realized that I kept doing things and acting ways the same way every day and expecting a different outcome. Isn't that the definition of insanity? To keep doing something the exact same way over and over again expecting a different outcome?  I realized that I kept eating the same way and expected to be thinner. I kept the same routine day in and day out and expected to be more organized and less forgetful.  I treated everyone around me the same way and wondered why they don't treat me with respect in return.

Then one day I realized that I wasn't living the same principles that I was trying to teach my children. I tell them all the time that they are responsible for their own actions and if they treat others better then others will eventually start treating them better. Once I realized I had to take responsibility for every action I make every single day I began to make changes.

I've been gradually changing my diet and my activity levels and began very, very slowly losing weight. I've been room by room and drawer by drawer cleaning and organizing my house. I've been looking for and implementing ways to keep me focused and on task and low and behold my life is becoming less hectic and more organized even though I've actually taken on more responsibilities. (amazing how that happens!!) I've always been a pretty laid back person, or so I thought. I am finding out that I actually thrive on routine and structure and become very agitated and stressed with chaos. Who knew?

So, I finally feel like I have a hold of this homeschooling thing. I can handle the house-cleaning. I am becoming the person I want to be instead of wishful thinking. The flip side of the responsibility coin is that I can take credit for doing something about it. I can be proud........and thank God for his provision and guidance of course.  Are you afraid of change? Or are you fed up with who you are today?