As I sit on my new patio in Texas I reflect that 27 years ago, I’d bought my first home in Colorado and purchased these chairs that I’m still sitting on. Back then, I wouldn’t have believed my soon-to-be groom would die in 25 years, yet these chairs would survive the journey with my boyfriend to our new second home in Houston. Now if I’ve learned anything since my late husband’s cancer diagnosis in 2016, it’s that “change is the ONLY constant.”
Most of us would have never predicted a global pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, destroyed the livelihoods of tens of millions of individuals, and impacted the quality of life of nearly every person on the planet. And although some things will change as a result, I know that we will do more than survive because as humans we adapt, overcome, and solve problems.
Change is always an opportunity for growth and learning. Let us embrace it and thrive as a species! Resistance to situations out of our control is futile and will only wear us down like the rocks weathered by wind and water. Rather than fight it, choose how change shapes you into the person you always knew deep down in your soul you could be. Greatness awaits your decision to act.
What will you do to become who you wish to be?
