Change

Change artist.  Change Agent.  Change Master.

We hear about change a lot.

Those who don’t change perish.

I know you’ve heard or read a statement like that before.  I think we all pretty much agree that change does happen and is part of life.  Most believe that change is hard.  It is difficult to change.  You can’t teach an old dog new tricks…right?

Wrong.

I submit that change is easy.

If I want to change my socks right now all I have to do is unties my shoes and slip them off my feet.  Then I slide one sock down and over my right foot and then the other sock down over my left foot.  I then walk to the sock drawer and pick out a new pair of socks, sit back down and place them over my feet.  Presto, my socks have been changed and it was pretty darn easy.  Changing behavior can be as easy.

If I am always late wherever I go I can change that right now.  I can set my alarm clock to go off fifteen minutes earlier and then leave the house fifteen minutes earlier and Presto!  I arrive at work on time.  Change is that easy.

Maintaining change is hard...

If I want to stop smoking all I have to do is put the cigarette out...throw away the remaining cigarettes and I have stopped smoking.

Maintaining change is hard…

Right now if you want to change your behavior you have the power to do so immediately.  You can go from angry to happy by just thinking about it, taking a deep breath and setting your mind to it.

Can you sustain the happiness?  That is much harder.

Change is easy…maintaining change is hard…it is an everyday, one day at a time process.  If you truly want change to be maintained you must focus on it everyday, many times a day.

Change is easy…maintaining change is hard…