Introduction
When change is happening around you, and many times to you, you need to change too. That might seem obvious but easier said than done. Some people handle change easier than others, and I think that’s correlated to their propensity to deal with hard things, because let’s face it change is hard. We see doubt in every step, we look for flaws in the change, we hope it just stops happening to us, or we wish it just goes away so we can just do what we were doing before.
Many years ago I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer that nearly took my life. I was just hitting the prime of my career, and had to stop working. My body changed and I didn’t look the same. I couldn’t be the Dad I wanted to be and had to let my spouse take over. As someone that was the last to ask for help, I had no choice but to ask for a lot of help. Having been through this, I understand how difficult dealing with change can be.
You don’t have to embrace the change
Embracing change is like being ok with getting punched in the face. Every bone in our body when that punch is coming wants to resist that change, and that is by design. It protects us, and whether you duck, run or fight back you have changed something, but was it an embracing? No, but hopefully you did something. Maybe a little extreme, but reacting to change is important and we can’t hide from it but we need to give ourselves the grace to not always be open to it. It’s instinct to resist it just like avoiding that punch but assuming there is no real danger, we should lean in a little and try and get curious. More on this later.
Trust yourself or trust others
![[Pasted image 20241027101644.png|300]] Salmon swim upstream to ensure the survival of their offspring. These salmon, driven by a deep instinct, believe that by doing this hard work they are ensuring the health and prosperity of their babies. Usually change involves an element of trust. You have to believe that things will be ok and what’s on the other side will be better. Sometimes that trust is all you, and you believe that your strength and abilities will get you through it. Other times, you trust others - let them light a path forward, letting that be your guide to a better place. Either way, like the salmon you have to sometimes swim upstream to see the better side of things. It’s supposed to be hard and it won’t be easy but maybe it will be better.
We here about terms like change agents, champions, etc. but in reality these people are just ok
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