Inspiration:
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.
–Charles Darwin
Reaching Beyond
Freedom begets vision. Vision leads to change. To embrace change means welcoming someone with an open mind and responding with interest to different behavior or beliefs rather than with a raised eyebrow, frozen smile, and silence. See that reaction for what it is—a sophisticated way of masking fear. Hold that fear at bay and let your heart lead the way. Change means discomfort, and because of that discomfort, some people will leave.
They have in the past and will again. Let them go. For those who remain and commit, the discomfort becomes bearable when we recognize that it is for our benefit, that transformation is its result.
by Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed. TO READ MORE
This is one of the most difficult of lessons to learn, yet we have to re-learn it every year, sometimes every month. And it’s rarely easy. Change is the only thing we can count on in life and the most frightening. Many, perhaps most, of us will eventually arrive at a change we cannot tolerate. But the trip to that point can be exhilarating.