Change, change...what can catapult us into change? Sometimes there is "The Wake Up Call", where an incident throws itself into your bed in the morning, yanks the covers off, dumps cold water on your otherwise warm body, slaps your face and yells, "Wake up! Hello! Do you see now?!!" You don't need your first cup of coffee to feel this experience or see change is dire. Other times, it may not be so obvious. Sometimes the "signs" are quiet; hiding out in the small day to day. We get a wave, a glance, a taste, a tiny motion of a signal. Anything that makes us stop for a second..but only a second before we continue on in the same manner. These signs can be easy to ignore but just because they are not screaming at us doesn't mean that we can't weave the pieces together. Of course,there is also the human factor. The fact that there are people that love us and have an outside perspective. Imagine this like looking into a house at night. From the inside, you are just living. From the outside, the lights turned on in the house make it easy to see exactly what is going on in there. All it takes is one person saying, "Hey-I've noticed this. Care to talk about it?" to catapult the internal dialogue.
There has been an IMMENSE amount of growth happening in my family and it's uncomfortable. But this is where it happens!! Real change isn't pretty. It doesn't always feel good. Truth is vital to change. But oh God, is truth fragile and vulnerable. In order to REALLY change, you have to be willing to live in the reality of truth. And whatever that truth is, live the consequences; live the answers. This is a huge responsibility.
Knowing this, what will you do when you see someone in need of a wake up call? What if that person is you?
I hope that I will be able to write about these things I am dealing with more openly in order to give hope to others in a similar place and to help myself find healing. But the time for baring my soul will come when it's right.
For now: look for opportunities to grow and hold difficult conversations with compassion. Because it is there that change has the possibility to bloom.
There has been an IMMENSE amount of growth happening in my family and it's uncomfortable. But this is where it happens!! Real change isn't pretty. It doesn't always feel good. Truth is vital to change. But oh God, is truth fragile and vulnerable. In order to REALLY change, you have to be willing to live in the reality of truth. And whatever that truth is, live the consequences; live the answers. This is a huge responsibility.
Knowing this, what will you do when you see someone in need of a wake up call? What if that person is you?
I hope that I will be able to write about these things I am dealing with more openly in order to give hope to others in a similar place and to help myself find healing. But the time for baring my soul will come when it's right.
For now: look for opportunities to grow and hold difficult conversations with compassion. Because it is there that change has the possibility to bloom.