Change

When you are through changing, you are through. ~Bruce Barton


By: Suzie Carr@girl_novelist
Change is something that can benefit all of us. It can bring us rewards, introduce us to new opportunity, and present us with beautiful new insights. A life rich with change is really like a healthy garden. Everything is budding, flowering, growing into spectacular new form.


Change is scary for most. It requires getting out of our comfort zone and walking an unfamiliar path that could bend or twist in ways we never thought imaginable. It’s only through this process, though, that we conjure up the momentum to get us places we’ve never seen before.

Sure, it’d be easier on our psyche and our nerves if everything just stayed the same, remained predictable. We’d know what each day would bring us. We’d be surefooted, confident that each step would lead to somewhere within our control, within our scope, within our patterns. We’d fall asleep every night unchanged, unweathered, pretty much the same exact person we were when we awoke that very morning.


If that sounds dull to you, further indulge with me for a moment and imagine what this world would look like if nature refused to shake things up every day. Picture a world where the clouds didn’t give way to sun, brown grass didn’t turn green, bulbs didn’t bloom into full-grown flowers, and bare tree branches didn’t sprout leaves.


Change renews the spirit, freeing us from all that is old and holding us back from our destiny. In moments of change and uncertainty, take pleasure in the unknown of the situation. Be reassured, the sun will shine, life-preserving raindrops will fall, seedlings will grow, and the flowers will bloom.


Change is beautiful. Its cultivating power nurtures our gardens within to grow into a colorful, ever-changing life.


Hoping you enjoy change as much as I do,


Suzie Carr


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If it isn't working, change it!

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.”


Job hunting in this market, it’s grueling, a true beast. I know a few college grads who are fully competent, talented, hard-working and in need of a break. They spend hours diligently combing through job sites, uploading carefully crafted versions of their resumes to companies, completing online resume builders over and over again only to sit in eerie silence for weeks, months, waiting for someone, anyone, to call with that thrilling news that they’ve been selected as a candidate for an interview. Something is obviously wrong with them, they start to think, allowing the betrayal of depressing thoughts to seep in to their once determined mindsets.


So what is going on here for these bright college grads? Why are some more fortunate than others in their pursuits? Some might argue it’s luck, but I think it has more to do with shaking off old habits and packing on new ones. In other words, if it isn’t working one way, sometimes, you have to get out of the confines of the box you’ve built around you and try a new approach. If you want to be a writer, then write. No need to wait for someone to offer you a job to do that. Lots of organizations need writers. Latch onto one that piques your interest, and write for them for free. If you show interest, someone’s eventually going to take note. This is true whether you want to be a writer, computer programmer, personal assistant, designer, or an event planner. Take control of your future. Gain that experience and move forward instead of fighting to stand still. Plant now, harvest later. You might be surprised how much those seeds will grow.


Personally, I think front doors are overrated. Seek another way in and watch how carefully the welcome mat gets placed for you.