“If you think what exists today is permanent and forever true, you will inevitably have your head handed to you.”  I wish I could remember where I heard that — thank you, mystery sage, for this piece of wisdom you handed to me.

Most of us don’t like change, yet change is, like death and taxes, one of the sure and constant things in our lives.

What can you do about it?

1. Be present.  Stop looking at the past thinking about what you coulda, shoulda, woulda done.  Stop fretting about the future or worrying about the things that haven’t yet happened.  Be where you are, with the people you’re with, making the most of every situation.
2. Chip away at your comfort zone.  People often talk about breaking our comfort zone, and that’s great, but our comfort zones are happy little places for us.  How about today, just make one more call, give a little more, pay it forward to someone, take a small step in a new direction.  Momentum is created by small, consistent behavior over time.
3. Accept that things are going to change.  Make the most of the current opportunity you find yourself in.  This doesn’t mean an anvil is about to fall on your head if things are going well.  It just means today is a gift & you might want to maximize it.  And if things are crappy, hang in there, do your best, and expect that your breakthru is coming and things are going to change.  You have everything you need to be great, right where you are.

Lastly, my #4 would be, remember the constancy of God’s love.  You are not alone.

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5b