Being #50andFabulous : Post 4 - Expect to be surprised
I ts a new year again - as they say, with new possibilities. And I continue onwards and upwards! One of the bigger life lessons that has hit home now is that I have to expect change - literally everywhere.... in myself, mentally and physically (and how!!!!), in others - even near and dear ones, at work, in the broader social groups I am a part of, in the world. Yeah, in just about everything! Change is inevitable - always was - but its current pace can knock the breath out of us born when the world was much simpler. Yet it is there, in your face, and you have really no choice but to deal with it. What is important to understand and remember is that it is your reaction to this change can absolutely make or wreck your lives, hereafter. Your options in dealing with any change are actually quite simple: Get shocked/alarmed/agitated, go into denial and run back to the cave OR Take stock, understand, assess and make gradual shifts in your response - so that you don't st...