Most of my
blogs have been about some kind of change I need to make in myself. Whether I approached them in a light-hearted,
sappy or serious manner, these are things I know will either make me a better
person or enable me to have a better life.
But, knowing these things doesn’t necessarily transition into change;
only change does.
Uh, duh,
right?
Not so
fast. I can know what I need to do: for days, weeks, months, even decades and
never do it. I have said it before,
there is something very comforting about staying just where we are. We might get aggravated that nothing ever
changes but at least we know what to expect.
Face it, we
are creatures of habit. It doesn’t
matter if we’re couch potatoes or adrenaline junkies, change the status quo and
we don’t like it. And, making the kind
of changes I have blogged about requires upsetting the status quo. I would love to be able to report that I have
implemented each and every one and my life is radically different because of
it. Sorry, can’t.
But…I recently
realized I have started taking baby steps.
Wobbly, on my bootie half the time steps but steps. My attitude about things that are constants
in my life is changing. The way I
approach problems is now different. The
fact that I’m not procrastinating as much as I used to (no, seriously!).
They may not be apparent to those around me but I know the change is
there.
As humans, to
some extent, we are basic drama queens (yes, some of us more than others). We want change to come in huge spectacular very
visible ways. Most of the time? not
gonna happen. The real lasting change
comes in baby steps. Small adjustments
we make that settle in around us for the rest of our lives. And that’s okay. The important thing is changing.
So if you see
me wobbling around (maybe falling down),
remember; baby steps.
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