Changes are what you can expect for the rest of your life. Life is a series of changes. Change is not always good, though often it is anticipated. Sometimes it’s dreaded, but you will find unexpected benefits in the long run if you can just hold on
Change is certainly not always predictable. There will be physical changes as the years increase, changes at work, changes at school and home, and most likely, changes in relationships. This is life.
Change can be exhilarating and sometimes frightening. Any change will have a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To those who are fearful to begin with, change is threatening because it means that things “may” get worse.
To those who are positive and hopeful, change is encouraging because things may get better. For those individuals who are confident, change often inspires because of the challenges that exist to make things better.
In order to manage the stress of change, whether good or bad, use these quick tips to begin to learn to flow with what is happening:
1. Always remember when a change is imminent to use your oxygen first. When we are bombarded with stress our oxygen is your first defense to keep your wits about you. Remember stress causes us to breathe shallow, therein restricting the needed supply of oxygen to think optimally and respond instead of reacting.
2. Stay healthy. Even if you eat moderately nutritiously and exercise only moderately – you can – with a busy schedule, stay healthier than if you simply neglect these things. Good health makes it easier to manage stress because you aren’t fighting stress and poor health!
3. Learn to accept the fact you CANNOT CONTROL EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE. That is not realistic. If you are able to stay flexible and use a fine mix of intellect melding with emotion, you will find ANY scenario more manageable.
4. Do reserve time for you to THINK. You may need time to re-evaluate the situation, or simply time meditate or pray about it. Time to focus on your own plan of action. Time to find the right attitude and courage. These things can be found from within if you just take a few minutes each day to reconcile your mind and heart with what is happening in your life. It takes practice to make these CHANGES, but the time is worth it in every moment of your life, from this time forward.
5. Pay attention to positive thoughts and feedback from those who obviously have climbed the mountains before you.
“Things do not change: we change.”
Henry David Thoreau
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“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
Marcus Arelius Antoninus
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“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
Serenity Prayer
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