It isn't always welcome.
Change
Sometimes I wish it would skip my house
and put someone else through it's upheaval.
But then, I realize that we all deal with change
"Doesn't anyone stay in one place anymore?"
For me, change sometimes creates dissatisfaction.
For instance, as I have been building my program
and
preparing to launch my book of the same name
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I have had the benefit of the best team I can imagine.
who has been my right hand since February,
I am happy for her and yet
her leaving pulls at my heart.
Katie Lawson, my good friend and creative assistant,
is making waves in the field of her passion
I experience those same feelings,
I learned at a young age that this feeling,
while not always pleasant,
"Son, when you are dissatisfied,
it means that you've already begun your new journey.
You have finished your previous chapter
"Yeah, Dad, but I don't know what that is."
"Great Son, enjoy the journey,
it will unveil itself to you as you travel.
you can move forward in fear and loneliness
or venture on enjoying the sights and sounds
of this new journey,
with certainty that you are not alone
and what lies before you
will bring you pleasures
undiscovered in your last chapter."
"But what if I don't like this new chapter
"Well, it's been my experience
that it is my choice whether or not that happens to me.
I can't get to second base with my foot on first."
And these shared gems of thought,
among countless others,
are what have guided me along this journey called life,
and I realize that change is inevitable.
It is my choice to see it with the eyes of an explorer
or through the eyes of regret,
looking back at what is
Is it pleasant?
Not always,
in fact often it is not at all pleasant.
Yet, I am on this new journey.
Usually as soon as I accomplish the one before me.
So I keep these all so sage words of my father in my hip pocket.
This quote may be my favorite
(I think you've heard me say this before)
"Everything between you and your goal is temporary."
I accept and embrace this.
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