Adapting to change
The world is constantly changing, sometimes for the better – sometimes not, whether you lose your job, your relationship breaks down, you experience a death of someone you love or a face a major crisis in your life. The thing is it’s amazing how you suddenly realise that your world can change in an instance and that can be hard to handle.
Usually after going through a crisis we start to reassess and analyse where we’re at and what we really want in life. We have a moment, a reality check which reminds us that life is precious and can be taken away from us at any time. This isn’t too pleasant a lesson, in fact it can suck but the positive is (we always look for a positive – don’t we. J) you so often regain clarity on what’s important and what you value in life
How often after someone’s experienced such a crisis do you hear them make comments like “Life’s too short”? Why? Because it’s usually not until we encounter a crisis that we actually take time to stop and think about where we are in life, what we are doing and the reasons why.
It seems ironic how we can just travel through life on a daily basis doing the do and taking things for granted then, from out of the blue comes a crisis, our world is rocked, sometimes even shattered. Somehow amongst the mayhem we take notice of the signs and finally pay attention to decide to make some changes.
The grand design
There’s a saying “It’s only in darkness that you can see the stars” This statement is a realisation that life is a wonderful gift, one to be utilised to its fullest, it’s the reminder that you can have better but it’s up to you to design it. Designing better is about constantly checking in with your “personal navigation system” to see where you are on the road to what’s important. In a nut-shell it’s about not waiting for a crisis to happen then re-acting, it’s about continuously working on doing more to control your outcome and building the resilience to handle and adapt to the constantly changing environment called life.
“It is not the strongest of the species, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
These unplanned experiences can make us feel confused, hurt, anxious, stressed, depressed and fearful. These fears as scary as they may appear, when looked at from a different perspective can actually be a call to action, a sign to say what do I need to change, learn, unlearn, what do I stop or start doing that will get me back on track and reconnected with the real me.
As much as events, people or circumstances can rock our world, they aren’t the end of it and having a clear understanding of what’s important “TO YOU” is vital in being able to adapt more efficiently to the changes.
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