Forcing Change

I have been wrestling with some anxiety over what I wish people would change in their lives, and I finally realized that I can’t make people change. I started this blog to try and lend some motivation, or a place to start. I wanted to encourage others to do their own reading, and to find out what will work for them. We can’t all change our entire lives overnight. It takes a lot of work, learning, and preparation to change what we have been doing for years. When I read the above quote I had to sit back and read it a few times. Then I sighed, “Okay.”

I am doing what I feel compelled to do right now, by writing about different topics concerning health and well-being. That is all I can do. I can change, my husband can change, our little family can change . . . but only because we are ready. We are finally ready to go for it and see what kinds of possibilities are out there for us. We want to be happy, we always thought we were happy, but our lives are becoming fresh and new and exhilarating every single day. Those are changes that I want forever.

Yet, that is why it can be so hard to resist forcing change on others. We see the results beginning to change our lives, and it is hard not to shout from the roof tops how excited we are about the future. We are truly LIVING, in a way that I didn’t think possible. I read and watched and searched out people who were living fulfilled, healthy lives. I gasped at how radiant they looked, how young and fresh they seemed. I wanted that. I just wasn’t ready to change. I wasn’t ready to give up my treats hidden away in the cupboard. I wasn’t ready to make financial commitments to start with new ingredients and throw away the old. I wasn’t ready to commit the time and effort it would take to learn. I am now.

It’s my choice, and I am making it right now. I wish you would all join me!