"Nothing is stable. Nothing is absolute. All is fluid and
changeable. There is an endless “becoming.”"
– Benjamin Cardozon
Change is often uncomfortable and sometimes even dreaded. We
all tend to be creatures of habit and get set in our ways. Change is the
driving force that pushes us out of our comfort zones and causes us to reach
new or different levels in our lives that we otherwise would never have
experienced. Most would agree that as a
whole, people tend to avoid pain or suffering if at all possible. And why wouldn’t one avoid pain and suffering?
If the results of enduring suffering for a set amount of
time would result in something far greater, would it then be worth it? The
reality is, that although we naturally want to steer away from things that
bring us pain, it is those things that we endure that result in something far
more beautiful than we could have ever imagined.
Next time we are faced with a hardship, a trial, an end to a
relationship, an end to a job, a change in lifestyle, the loss of a loved one,
or a difficult trauma, we must look past the suffering and remain hopeful casting
our vision on the end result of the matter. Solomon put it best when he said, “the
end of a matter is better than its beginning.” – Ecclesiastes 7:8
This all goes back to the ashes to beauty concept. Like gold,
we too have to go through a refining process before we reach our most valuable
state. This cannot be done without change. Change is what helps us become.
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Article Written By: Jessica Felix Jager, MSW/CBIS
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