Recovery: Dealing with change

Because Sunday is the day of rest, it's a good day to spend time meditating on the changes going on in your life. If you haven't ridden a bike in a while, it might be a good day to hop on. The ride will give you the time alone your mind needs to process information. If no bike is available, a walk or a jog or yoga poses will do. While "there," think about the changes you are making, how you're adapting to them, and consider any resistance you may be feeling. This week, we'll discuss a few tools you can use to manifest the change you are seeking and how you can be sure you're headed in the right direction. Is that resistance trying to tell you something?

Adapting to change or the unknown

Do not go

where the path

may lead,

go instead where

there is no path

and leave a trail.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson's quote above makes me think about change, risk-taking, and moving into the unknown or unfamiliar.

If you think about it, we do that every day. Nothing stays static. Once you get used to something, a situation, a schedule, or a relationship, it becomes boring. We need change to make life interesting.

This is true in all of life, I think. In work. In play. In our personal lives.

I've made a few changes around here, if you haven't noticed. I added a few "plug-ins" on the left-hand side of the page and at the bottom. You can now scroll down to the bottom of the page and read the daily news. I've added a link to my travel blog on the left-hand side of the home page, below my photo; it includes the title (or partial title) of updated posts. Click on that if something interests you.

I've changed my photo, but it's a subtle change. And I've included a more convenient link below it so you can sign up for my RSS feed. That's so you can get updates of my posts sent directly to your e-mail address, if you like.

And be sure to participate in my poll. I'm curious to know what you do for stress relief. December is a pretty timely month to discuss this. After all, we're out there tackling traffic, trying to fit as much into our schedules as possible to create happy holidays ahead.

I hope yours will lead to something new and exciting.