There Is Nothing Wrong With The Change, If It Is In The Right Direction

On more than one occasion it has happened to us that we believed we had built a home of comfort in which we had everything under control and, suddenly, the alarms have arisen: little red lights that incite us to move so as not to remain standing in the same place for more weather. This is a very peculiar way of life to test our emotional balance in the face of change.

Because the truth is that change does not wait for anyone, it lives with what we are and demands constant reactions. In fact, at first it always tends to produce a type of discomfort to which it is difficult for us to easily adapt: ​​we are not used to its calls for attention, even if it has accompanied us since we are born.

Since nothing that exists remains in time indefinitely, it is important that we know that everything is perishable: everything evolves, opposes, overlaps or transforms. So, we have to learn to flow with the modifications and find the tools that allow us to be as well prepared as possible for its future.

Change can make us uncomfortable

Perhaps what impresses us most about change is its arbitrary and uncertain nature, since there is always a trace of uncertainty in it. In other words, we cannot know in advance its duration, nor its results, nor the energy that we are going to use in not getting lost in it.

In addition, change makes us uncomfortable because most of the time it is out of reach of our hands, without our being able to avoid it : we do not have the privilege of always deciding that we want to stay as we are, even if we are fine. What’s more, there are decisions that will change your life but there will also be lives that change your decisions without you being aware.

Consequently, in order to assimilate it in the best possible way: without forgetting that, in any case, there is nothing wrong with moving if it guides us along the way in the right direction.

The change that makes us happy

Reflecting on what the changes entail, I recalled a conversation that takes place in the animated film The Lion King. In the first part of the following video, the old Rafiki adventure that change is good even though it is not easy and even if it sometimes means facing a painful past.

It is true that there are times that affect us a lot and that are necessary for us to mature and become stronger. However, there are also others that make us happy: it is okay to take risks to keep moving forward, seek other goals, recognize defects and modify principles, etc. The change can be positive. 

The right direction is always ahead

You are wrong if you are looking back thinking that your site is still there where you are no longer. You are also confused if you have created a cloud in the future and do not come down from it to forge your present. You make a mistake if you do not record in your mind that the correct direction is in the “here” and “now”, and always looking straight ahead. 

If you find yourself experiencing a profound change (the kind that shakes the entire interior of a person and their external surroundings) receive it without fear. Look at the possible exits that the labyrinth you are in in the face and locate a corner in which to feel safe again : take it as a challenge and make it yours.