(This was originally posted on 5/12/11. I’m so thankful that it wasn’t lost when Blogger reprogrammed their site. Here it is again!)
Today’s writing prompt comes from Journaling Within: 50 Prompts for Self Exploration:
If you could change one thing about your life,
what would it be?
What I love about this question is that it empowers you to look at the possibilities for your life. It puts you back into the driver’s seat and allows you to create the life that you know you are meant to live.
It’s so easy to shy away from change and think that you couldn’t possibly recreate your circumstances. You may feel that there are just too many external factors working against you, too many reasons why it’s just not a good idea to change.
Maybe it seems too overwhelming and too scary.
Maybe you just don’t feel strong enough to mix things up and break free of the constraints you have put on yourself.
When we take responsibility for our own lives, stop blaming everyone else, and find the strength to change whatever isn’t working – miracles start happening.
If your inner voice is telling you that something needs to change – listen.
If you feel that a part of your life just isn’t working the way you would like it to – act on it.
If your soul isn’t being nurtured and fed in every part of your life – do something about it.
If you are still breathing, you have the power to change.
And yes it can be scary, but that’s how we grow and learn.
And that’s also how we build up our own self worth,
which is the key to true and lasting happiness.
So get out there and start consciously creating the life of your dreams!
Oh, yes, I am definitely all about change. The thing is, if we're not constantly growing, we're going to start regressing. I want to change my attitude from thinking so much about what I want to always focusing on what God wants. I think you make a great point too, about blaming others, and such – its soooo easy to come up with excuses and justifications that in the end are only hurting us.
i've been thinking about this a lot lately. what can we change? as far as i'm concerned everything as long as we want to & make the choice. great post & great points to ponder.
thanks for the inspiration – change can be really scary and it is much easier to just keep doing the same thing. sometimes we just need a little push in the right direction!
xoxo,
lesley
Such great comments, everyone! Thank you! 🙂
Change can definitely be a scary thing for me, but I'm learning to embrace it because it will happen whether I want it to or not. And it's also so good to look back and see how much we've grown because of it. 🙂