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Transition into a new year or any season that brings change, more often than not is a period given for reflection. For some of us, we prefer to live in the moment rather than look too far back into where we have come from or plan ahead for where we may be going or where we desire to be.   We take moments as they come and are confident in our ability to handle anything that comes our way. Our fears are rarely visible, we hold it all together even though life signals for us to let go, break and start a fresh. A fresh start is never easy, especially when it entails the release of what or who you were once attached to. The thought of the investment made into building a reputation, friendship, relationship, business and other things we hold dear to us, makes new beginnings hard to embrace. And in the end, we have new seasons coming to birth and no resourcefulness available to make the most of it. We go through life’s changes stagnant for the better part of our days, still wi...

Image courtesy of www.loc.gov A question was asked to me a couple of weeks ago, phrased in this way…   “What things do you see in your personal life where you might be resisting change?” (Think about this for some time before proceeding to read and hold on to your answer) Frustration tends to build up when things do not go as expected. Change is something each of us responds to differently. There are those who see it as an adventure. Their adrenaline shoots up at the thought of experiencing something or somewhere new. Others like myself take time to embrace it, calculating every single step as we move along. We like to know the details of where we are, what we ought to do, and better still what the future will hold. We dwell mostly in the questioning quarters than boarding the bus headed to “new”.  The word “new” scares us. We’d rather be comfortable with what we know, than be put in a place that expects us to figure things out on our own; and if it takes us ...