NaturallyResilient

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Did you see the Beetle Bailey cartoon last Sunday? Sarge decides he is going to be nice to his troops for the day. His troops seem to like the new Sarge but everyone sees that there is something wrong with him. Sarge is not acting like Sarge so he must be sick and he ends up in a padded cell.

Have you ever tried to change something major about your life and met resistance from those around you?

I tried to do that in High School. I did not like who I was at the time and wanted to change but no one took me seriously. I had to wait until College when I moved away to a place where no one knew me. It was then that I had the chance to remake myself into who I wanted to be.

People want predictability. My son recently got his driver’s licenses and one of the ideas I have tried to drill into him is to do what the drivers around him are expecting him to do. If he is in the right turn lane, make the right turn and ‘make the block’ if he has to but don’t suddenly swerve into the left lane. Accidents happen when you make sudden unexpected moves.

People just don’t care for drastic changes. We don’t want it in our life, in our health, in our finances, in our relationships. Small changes are ok. Many small changes can lead to a major change but it takes time and patience. Major changes always meet with major resistance. Sometimes we are not patient enough for the small changes and we insist on the major changes such as in social reforms. The major changes are painful but the results are often worth the pain, kind of like childbirth.

But it is your choice, many small painless changes or Major changes with pain and resistance.