Change

Good or bad, nothing lasts forever. The only constant in life is change. You can fight against it and live the sensation of swimming upstream for the rest of your life, or you can embrace it, realize that there is a season for everything - both struggle and joy - and let the lessons you learn along the way make you a better person.

People should realize also that change is not just something that happens to you. Change is also something that, from time to time, needs to be imposed. It's not always a matter of doing something different - sometimes its a matter of decision-making, and that sometimes means making decisions that might make someone else unhappy. A great example of that is relationships. You have the right to not be with someone who isnt what you want or need, even if they still believe in it. Now that doesnt sound like change, does it? Well, it is, in some respect. Its a means of taking control of your destiny and not allowing something to become a burdensome and fruitless obligation. Sometimes you have to say no.

"Yes" will free you too. Giving yourself permission to be happy is essential to actually being happy. Open yourself up to change. Ever heard the phrase "dont knock it til you've tried it?" This is very abstract, but I think this is why I have a hard time believing a person can really know what they want until they get it (I'll save that for another blog LOL). Whatever you feel is missing from your life is not just going to fall out of the sky. You have to go out there and get it. Im big on prayer, yall, but God helps those who help themselves. You cant ask Him to order your steps if you arent taking any.

So embrace change when it comes and effect change where you can. Its an unavoidable part of life, so to resist it will only serve to make you miserable. Learn to enjoy the good things while they last, and when they begin to fade, brace yourself for the rough times ahead and know that they too will come to an end when your turn comes back around. To every action there is an equal an opposite reaction, yin and yang, the balance of the universe, and all that jazz. It really is the way the world turns.