Our Barriers to Change

1. We Have Our Comfort Zone

This is where things are good enough that we don’t want to spend the time or effort to change them. We can live with what we have.

2. We Have a Fear about the Unknown

We may prefer a less than ideal situation we understand than a new situation that we don’t know enough about. 

3. We May Not Be Aware of All the Changes Around Us and How They Might Affect Us in the Future

We can hold onto what we have for too long out of ignorance. Whatever we don’t know can hold us back and hurt us.

Prepare yourself to handle any change and turn it into something better for your life.

• Expand your knowledge about yourself, your life, and your world.
• Build new windows so you can see your world in a new way.
• Engage in new experiences that further expand your awareness.
• Keep taking in new information, ideas, and experiences.

All of this will give you perspective to help you see all of your options, move away from the past, and take new forks in the road with more confidence. It shows us why we can’t stay attached to the past or hold back out of fear of the unknown.

While we can’t know what will happen in the future, we do know that the world we are trying to hold onto is changing faster than we realize. Moving into the unknown may be safer than staying with the past.

When you change yourself, the world starts changing with you.

Don Shapiro is the author of the book in the making, Life Is a Fork in the Road, about how we make choices and use our inner wisdom to guide our life’s journey.  You can read the full article here:  http://www.positivelypositive.com/2013/03/21/change-happens-whether-you-want-it-to-or-not/