Willing to change

Life is full of changes. Constant changes. And how well you deal with and adapt to these changes says a lot about you! Looking at things in a different way or willing to change your views probably means you are a little more acceptable to life, and whatever comes your way. Being less rigid and never willing to think outside the box probably means you are stubborn and tend to eat the same things all the time and do the same things all the time. A big time creature of habit.

But what happens when people just try something new? Miracles happen!!! Yes, I'm being sarcastic here but getting people to look at things in a different light some times, or most times for some, is a small miracle. Maybe trying a different food is out of your element but at least trying is an accomplishment. A step in a different direction, I didn't say right here, just different. Trying a different wall color or watching a new television program (although I think watching too much TV turns your brain to mush) expands our horizons and helps us open up and look at life just a little bit differently. There are lessons all around us. Watching ESPN or sports center is not going to help you do your job better or keep you on top of threatening weather! Wake up, there is more to life.

But seeing the forest for the trees is an old expression but I know people who daily don't see the forest for the tress. They are so set in their ways they don't even see the forest some days. They see things only how they want to. When they want to. And that's it. Nothing else. No options.  Boy are they missing out.  Unless their "go to" person tells them to do differently? Does everyone have "go to person"? Ya know, that one person you go to with everything? That person that if they said spend $700 on a dishwasher or eat peanut butter on rye bread you would do, regardless if you liked it or wanted to? I don't have a "go to" person, never have. I like to look at many options and be independent. Yes I will ask and listen to other people's opinions and ideas.  And yes lots of times those other options cloud my decision making process. But weighing out the pros and cons, the options both ways and finally what my gut feeling says are all part of my decision making, not one person. I try to look at the whole picture from several, not all, sides-I am only human.

I like change. I like keeping up on the current news or what is trending. If I didn't I would not be working or able to work in technology. If I only worked with Apple products I would never be able to fix that PC or figure out why it won't connect to the network. Looking outside the "Apple" box and willingness to learn why that PC or whatever is the PC in your life makes things more interesting and fun. It challenges you and makes you learn something new. I love to learn new things. It keeps my mind working and helps keep me young.

My willingness to change may be as small as changing my nail color or as big as a different hair cut or a new job-it's a change, big or small and I try to look at changes from many different angles in life. But LOOK people!!! Open your eyes! Stop being so rigid in your views that you cover up beauty or miss it because you don't want to look at change.  Just because it's not in your plans does not mean its not an option. From small changes come big differences, even if it's not in your plans!

One small positive of the day: I challenge you to make a change, even just one tiny change, in your day. Find it. Embrace it and learn from it. Adapt a little. If God didn't want you to at least look at and think about it he would not have brought you into your life.