Empower Newsletter – June 2019

‘accepting change is therapeutic’

 

In the past few months there has been a lot of change at the gym I go to. It is growing, with more memberships, the appointment of a Manager, new rules and a new timetable layout. This has created some annoyance for some people for one reason or another.

 

If we let it, this annoyance can fester and turn into frustration and/or anger. When this happens it creates a lot of negative energy in our communication and also our bodies. And when we hold onto negativity it creates physical stress and if we continue to hold onto the stress, it will turn into physical ailments.

 

It doesn’t matter whether we see some change as catastrophic like losing a job or a life partner, how we handle change for one thing translates to how we handle it for everything. The bigger we see the change, the more it will affect us, just on a bigger scale.

 

Change is a part of life, there is no way to avoid it. What we can do though is when something changes we can get upset about it or we can choose to accept it.

 

“Accepting it doesn’t mean you endorse whatever it is your accepting; rather there is a recognition that you can’t change the situation at this exact moment, but accepting manages anxiety and helps to calm the mind.” ~ Author unknown ~

 

Younger people seem to handle change a lot better. This in part is because they grew up with constant change in a world of technology where things changed all the time; it is just a part of life for them.

 

We can really learn a lot from this generation. They expect change and then when it happens they embrace it, in fact they are often the ones that instigate it in the first place.

 

So if you find yourself fighting change, instead of seeing it as a threat to your normality, why not take a leaf out of the younger generations’ book and choose to accept it. By doing this you will feel better, stay relaxed and calm, and also continue to feel positive and content.

 

Your body will thank you for it!

 

Accepting

1. Able or willing to accept something or someone: inclined to regard something or someone with acceptance rather than with hostility or fear.
2. Tending to regard different types of people and ways of life with tolerance and acceptance.

Embracing change is not a difficult skill to learn. And once you start looking at change as a good thing, you’ll be amazed at some of the benefits that can follow.

1. Change helps you grow
2. Change teaches you to be flexible
3. Change can challenge your values and beliefs
4. Change reveals your strengths
5. Change makes you more compassionate
6. Change breaks up routines
7. Change offers opportunities

~https://www.attitudeisaltitude.com/blog~

 

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”  ~ Lao Tzu ~

‘I easily accept change.’

 

 

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