Change is hard. Is there something in your life that you need to change? Is it a relationship? Your job? Your attitude? The difficulty you have coping with your job as a caregiver?
The first thing you have to accept is that you need to change. Once you agree that it will not be easy to change, you have taken a major step. The next truth that I believe is a real challenge is that YOU have to believe YOU CAN CHANGE!
So many times we sabotage ourselves. We fall into a familiar habit because it is easier than striking out and trying something new. It is easy to do. When our “changing” is not going to be easy, and we are reluctant to embrace what we have to do to move towards that goal, we add to that feeling of being defeated before we give it a try.
I want you to decide today to not be hard on yourself if you goof up. It isn’t the end of your effort to change. Just pick yourself up and recognize what you did that was against your goal, and own it.
Try again the next day. Never lose sight of where you want to be. You will do it. You can do it. You have what it takes to be kind, and accepting and helpful to work through whatever it is – that is on the other side. You Goal is on the other side. “Now, let’s get going!” xo Sally
