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How to Cope with Change “Change has taught me many lessons. I resisted and had difficult time when my Mother passed away. I’m learning to adjust use to the empty nest of my sons moving out on their own. I felt disappointed when a big speaking contact was canceled. I was surprised to see in December my favorite neighborhood bakery/coffee shop go out of business. My body has changed with age and time. Old friends have left and new friends have enriched my life. What used to be so important, no longer seems SO important. What used to be so insignificant, now seems SO significant. Change is something I have learned to endure and enjoy. Change is not always fair, convenient, predictable or controlled. You cannot always choose the changes that come your way. But you can always choose your response. Whether you are facing; an empty nest, life after divorce, a new city, change in your health, or a change in your job location, policy and procedures, change in weather or a change of heart from a friend/lover/spouse, learn to adapt rather than be a victim of change.” ~ Jewel Diamond Taylor
“You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in.” ca. 500 BCE ~ Heraclitus
“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.” ~ Maya Angelou
“Change has considerable psychological impact on the human mind. If you are fearful, change is threatening because it means that things may get worse. If you are hopeful, change is encouraging because things may get better. If you are confident, change is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.” ~ King Whitney, Jr.
“Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. Certainly it is worth the risk.” ~ Leo Buscaglia
“Everything must change, nothing and no one stays the same.” Popular song
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” ~ M. Scott Peck
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ~ Charles Darwin To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. ~ Ecclesiastes 3 If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.
Jewel Diamond Taylor, Motivational Speaker and Author, Founder of Women On The Grow Workplace trainer for the popular workshop: “SHIFT HAPPENS: How to Cope with Change”
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