Change Is Not Permanent

Change Happens. And That's Okay!

If you shift your mindset, things will change. Doing so is a choice. When will you begin doing that?

We tend to react to difficult situations as if they are permanent. As if the moment we're in is the final chapter. The mind rushes ahead and declares, "This is it. Everything stops here." It's like imagining a train breaking down on the tracks and assuming there is no further movement possible—no rerouting, no continuation, no next stop. Just stalled and stuck.

From that assumption, a familiar cascade follows. We hold our breath. Our body tightens. We catastrophize. What began as a single event becomes, in our mind, many problems. One loss becomes endless loss. One pause becomes permanent stagnation. One disappointment becomes proof that progress is over.

Recently I asked a friend how they were doing. She replied, "It was a crappy day. Though it was a crappy day in a great life!" Oh how I loved hearing that.

Uncertainty is what the mind resists most. We crave visibility. We want to know how things will unfold before we take the next step. But you have already lived this pattern countless times. Every major transition in your life contained a period where you didn't know what was coming next. And yet, somehow, life continued.

The mystery of living is not that painful or disorienting moments happen, but that they are almost always followed by something we could not have predicted. The mystery is not a threat; it is the engine of change.

So the question becomes less about what happens next and more about how you meet what is happening now. Fear and lament close the field of possibility. Curiosity and openness expand it.

That choice is available in every moment.