It is a new year. We analyze our lives. People tire of hearing how we want to change. We are unhappy at our jobs, unhappy with our relationships, unhappy with the progress of our short time here. The calendar shows a possibility of a beginning of a new life. Are we capable of true change?I was once told by a friend(perhaps more than once) that we don't really change. We are who we are, perhaps we arrive here in a certain package stamped with an identity that is now deeply ingrained, perhaps our young lives have molded us to be a paticular person. Events challenge us to change but are we really willing to give up even a fragment of ourselves to become something else?
I think that anything is possible if we want it badly enough. I was stuck in a very unsatisfying job. At least I thought that I was stuck. I believed that I needed to work until the day that I died, then I realized that if you change a few things in your life, if you can give up some of the things that you have been led to believe that you have to have to be happy, life becomes much simpler. I am not saying that all of this is easy, I had to give up some things that were very special to me.
I had to choose...my health, my happiness, my hidden talents all had to come first on my list. I needed to be able to breathe, to sleep, to feel alive again. Sadly, I had to abandon people who had become my family. Those who truly knew me would understand. They will see the relaxed posture, they will feel the ease in which I speak, they will realize that once given the time and the opportunity, so much can happen to a person. Unlock yourself...let go of the things that are unnecessary in your life and you will see a change.
