Free To Change

 (This is day 9 of my 31 day blog series: Live Free.  )  

 

 One thing I love and hate about life is change.

I love positive change.

*news of a friend’s pregnancy or marriage

* a once bad health report turned good

* a promotion or new opportunity

* a great haircut

* a healthier body and mind

* less fear and anxiety

* answers to prayer

I hate negative change.

* news of war, disease, natural disaster, or death

* cut in wages

* higher insurance costs

* weight gain and wrinkles

* divorce

* addictions

* miscarriage

I wish I could change:

* others

* my circumstances

* my past

* my weaknesses

 

To live free, I need to embrace change because like it or not, change is part of life. I can’t avoid change and often times I need change to change my ways….

And the truth is I can’t change my circumstances. I can’t change others. I can’t even change myself, but I can pray, “Please, God, change me.” 

 

(***Side note: this post is NOT what I wanted to write. My plans changed so I didn’t have the margin of free time I thought I would have. Then my laptop froze tonight while I was writing this post. So basically to simplify my life and live free, I deleted my first draft of paragraphs and started over. I made this post short and sweet. And I don’t like the way this post turned out, but hey, some days are like that. Right? So I’m trying to practice what I preach. I’m free to change.. And tonight I changed courses.. I sure hope for better writing tomorrow… )

 

 

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