Often I hear people say that they love change, that they embrace it and welcome it with open arms. What they are really meaning is that they welcome change when its happening to others and not themselves. It’s sort of understandable to think that way. And lets face it when all things are said and done change = being uncomfortable for a period of time.
Have you heard of the change curve? You know your told something so your at the top of the curve and once it sinks in you head to the bottom of the curve. You might be feeling angry, let down, confused, hurt, sad. Then once you take time and more information becomes available you start to move up the curve again until you get to a point that you’ve accepted the change and are moving positively forward.
There might be occasions when you can’t or won’t accept the change and you keep at the bottom of the curve. If that is the case then you really need to consider alternatives such as leaving the situation, changing your response to the change or talking to someone.
Change I truly believe can be a wonderful thing. More often than not when I have been faced with a change and gone through the change curve I come out the other side more happier than I was before as opportunities have arisen that I just hadn’t thought of or expected and that takes you down a different path.
So the moral of today’s story is to accept the change curve and go with it.
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