Everything changes, and change occurs around us every day. Changes within us are sometimes slower and harder to detect. Sickness and disease creep up on us, perhaps because we are not sensitive to the changes that are going on inside of our bodies. Marriages slowly lose their initial excitement, and what used to bring joy, now becomes a burden. Divorce doesn’t just suddenly happen, there must be a slow eating away at the fabric of the relationship over time. Suddenly, the couple wakes up one day and asks, “when did things change, and what happened to us?” I think the more important question to ask is “why didn’t we change, when things changed?” All change requires adjustment.
I believe the greatest obstacle to our growth and progress is the fear of change. We hold tenaciously to what was, refusing to adjust to the changes that have occurred. Change is perpetual, with a natural flow, and when we adjust to change with minimal resistance, it is easier to live and flow in the rhythms of life. Making changes requires taking a risk. Some of the greatest leaps forward in my life occurred when I pushed through my fears and took a risk. Even when I failed and suffered, I still moved forward, learning from my failures, even writing books about them.
When you get the opportunity to get off the bench and into the game, jump up and go forward because the team needs you. When fear threatens to paralyze you, and lock you in a time capsule, speak to that fear with the words from a popular movie, “I ain’t afraid of no ghost.” Discipline yourself for the successful management of change every day, and watch the joy and excitement grow in your life.