Change is the bane of human existence. The word alone can provoke the most latent fears and insecurities. Discomfort is not on our “to-feel” list and therefore anything that creates it must be “bad.” As humans we are quick to assign value to our world rather than experience it. What we fail to realize is that our world is always changing, whether we want it to or not. If life is always changing and we know that this is constant, what do we do in order to navigate through the waves that come crashing at us?

When the surf is up, try this….

~Work to maintain a positive outlook.

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” Maria Robinson

Although it would be nice to be able to wipe the slate clean of the past we live in a world where the past is permanent and the future is uncertain. I often wonder, if the past is something we cannot change, why does it often haunt us? Any easy answer to this question is that we learn to be afraid to live in the present due to experiences in the past. Starting over, doing something different, rocking the boat...scary thoughts, but not impossible tasks.