Change Begins With A Choice

Change begins with a Choice and it is a choice that you and only you can make. A choice that will free you from allowing your past, people or even problems to prevent you from pursuing more out of the one life you have been given. The reality is none of us are perfect and each and every one of us have areas in our lives that would benefit from change. Sadly, if we are totally honest with ourselves most of us would have to admit that in many areas of our lives and for a variety of reasons we have decided to settle, rather than pursue the life we truly want.

As children we are not confined by the limitations of judgement, self-doubt and fear. We dream and we believe that we can be whatever we desire to be and have the things we desire to have. An ability that in hinesight is one to be cherished and cultivated. I can recall a time early on in my own childhood where I began to map out all the things I wanted to be and all of the things I would dream about one day having. I could envision them so clearly that in my mind it was only a matter of time before those dreams would be my reality. Yet like many, life happened, doubt settled in and I gave ear to all of the influences in my life that ended up extinguishing the fire of my dreams and aspirations rather than fanning them. As difficult as this reality may be to swallow, the good news is that as long as we have life we have opportunity! Therefore, each of us has an ability and opportunity to renew our commitment to ourselves and restart our journey in pursuit of not only the things we may have willingly forfeited in the past but the things we now desire.

Regardless of your background, your past struggles or the obstacles that may currently stand between where you are and where you desire to be at this very moment, you must know that you are deserving! You deserve to have all that life has to offer you and there is nothing that can truly stop you if you are committed to the process itself and determined to experience the things that will bring you the joy, peace and fulfillment you long for. Change is a very familiar word that many can talk about with ease yet struggle to experience. A six letter word that if implemented could completely change the direction of one's life. I encourage you to see C.H.A.N.G.E as the following:

Choosing

Honoring

Advancing

Necessary

Growing

Empowering

1. In order to change, you must first choose to commit to the process.

2. You must honor not only yourself but the fact that you only have one life to live.

3. You must realize that in order to advance toward your goals, you will need to re-evaluate the people and practices currently in your life and make adjustments where needed.

4. You will find that establishing boundaries in your life regarding your time, effort and energy are necessary and will enable you to grow spritually, mentally and emotionally.

5. Ultimately if you commit to the process of change you will find it to be an empowering experience that will remind you of just how fully capable and equipped you are to reach your full potential in life.

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