5th December 2024
We live in a world where everyone wants everyone else to change first.
We blame the govt for our problems.
We blame our bosses for our stress.
We blame the traffic for our misery, and so on.
But blaming others is a convenient way of excusing yourselves.
As Mahatama Gandhi said, “we must become the change you most wish to see in your life.”
We need to lead by example.
To move to a zone of growth we have to leave the familiar and the old patterns of decoding life.
This often means facing fears as the new is always risky and creates self doubt and a discomfort of adjustments.
This requires Learning new skills or patterns of behaviour.
We need to be open and willing to change.
It is like the river in the poem, ‘Fear’ by Kahlil Gibran, which is afraid & ‘trembles with fear, before entering the sea.’
But, ‘The river cannot go back, nobody can go back.
The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean because only then will fear disappear because that’s where the river will know it’s not about disappearing into the ocean but of becoming the ocean.’
remember reading that the space shuttle uses more fuel during the first three minutes after takeoff than during the entire voyage around the earth.
The first step towards change & your dream is always the hardest, but once you take it, it will only get easier.
Beginning is half the battle, but once you start, doors you didn’t know existed begin to open for you.
Look at the bigger picture, don’t be afraid, embrace the change & stay blessed forever.