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Drift of snow in our backyard<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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Beautiful texture in the snow<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
The evening when it all started my husband and I were sitting there listening to the wind howl and gust.\u00a0 We talked about being a little anxious about whether some damage might happen, yet we both knew there was nothing we could do at that moment, the storm was here and we just had to wait it out.\u00a0 As it turned out, there was no damage.\u00a0 We did have snow in places that went over his 6-foot head as well as a buried garage door.<\/p>\n
Change is inevitable. <\/strong> One of the reasons that I adore the changing seasons is that it\u2019s a constant reminder that things change.\u00a0 We might wish it and even try to minimize those changes.\u00a0 The truth is that there are transitions that we\u2019ve adapted to already.\u00a0 If you\u2019re a parent, as your child grows, there are more changes in a year than you\u2019re counting.\u00a0 When you pause to think about it, you\u2019re amazed by how big they\u2019ve gotten \u2013 and not just their size.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNothing is permanent except change\u201d Heraclitus<\/p>\n Attempting to control change is useless.<\/strong> Change is about moving from a known place \u2013where you are right now \u2013 to a place that is relatively unknown.\u00a0 If clearing the clutter is the change you want to make, you might have ideas of what that will look like, but the reality is likely to differ from your imaginings. The truth is that as you begin, your vision can change and better ideas will emerge, like the buds in spring. Embrace opportunity for change.<\/strong> It\u2019s too easy to be hard on ourselves.\u00a0 We\u2019re hyper-aware of how we\u2019ve failed and ignore the opportunity to improve things.\u00a0 I\u2019m always on the lookout for things that aren\u2019t working the best.\u00a0 I\u2019m even eager to find ways to simplify and improve the way we do things.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy to put on the blinders and ignore things.\u00a0 It takes time and energy to figure out what needs to change and most importantly, in what ways it needs to change.\u00a0 Frequently only parts of the system aren\u2019t working, so scrapping the whole system isn\u2019t the answer.\u00a0 Yet, if we can be eager to change, we\u2019re open to how to improve.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.\u201d Alexander Graham Bell Before long, the snow will melt away and those buds will arrive.\u00a0 Change is all around us, whether we look for it or not.\u00a0 It happens whether we want it or we don\u2019t. It is inevitable.\u00a0 Nevertheless, it can be something for the better and the more we can embrace what life brings our way, the happier we can be.<\/p>\n \u201cWe must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.\u201d Goethe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Change can be appreciated when it\u2019s for the better and hated when it looks like it\u2019s for the worst, yet it is inevitable and important in each and every life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10,18,5,9,25],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personaldevelopment","tag-behavior","tag-goals","tag-household","tag-motivation","tag-postaweek2011"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7p82c-5b","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nLife happens in the meantime. <\/strong> You\u2019ve created great plans, you know just how you\u2019re going to handle your time and stuff.\u00a0 Then life happens.\u00a0 Someone else interferes with your schedule \u2013 those unforeseen things happen.\u00a0 It\u2019s here that I personally struggle the most \u2013 not from other people changing things, but rather from expecting too much of myself!\u00a0 Except this is what life does, and finding a way to go with the flow minimizes our stress.<\/p>\n
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\nChange = Growth. <\/strong> Maybe not immediately, but eventually!\u00a0 Each time we make changes, we learn things \u2013 sometimes only what NOT to do, but nevertheless, we\u2019re learning.\u00a0 Often it\u2019s painful and the changes can be the opposite of what we want.\u00a0 Yet, it\u2019s still movement.\u00a0 As frightening as change can be, stagnancy is terrifying.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know about you, but the last thing I want is to be stuck anywhere<\/span>.<\/p>\n