Peace through Change

There comes a time in a person’s life though, when you look deep within your being and either like what you find there or not... If not, you realize that you need to change things about yourself and once done the outcome of your actions will bring you to a place of inner peace. ~ ACN

There are times in life, when we take a step back from the goings on of our lives and review our life, sometimes in small bits and pieces but often in its entirety. As our lives twist and turn, bringing us lessons that we contract pre-life to learn, taking us to places and people that we are meant to teach, and allowing us to experience all that we are meant to.

Reviewing our lives can often prove a pain filled process, yet take heart; it is well worth the effort. In dealing with the pain, accepting it, working through it and then releasing that which has caused the pain as well as the pain itself it a very cathartic experience.

As with depression, pain filled feelings act as a warning to us that there are issues that need to be dealt with, sorted out and released. As our emotions rollercoaster up and down, we find that we are able to learn from and with each downward dip just as we can learn from the highs in our lives. The difference is that on the highs, we take for granted that which leads us to a state of happiness and are able to just go with the flow of that happiness, often overlooking what we have learned. With the lows, we tend to beat ourselves up and end up bottling up the emotions, stowing them in our rucksacks to either be hauled out from time to time as a whipping stick or we allow them to stay there where they will fester into cancerous growths as the years go by.

Making the decision to review our lives is actually the easy part of this exercise. It takes great courage and wisdom to take action upon what we have found that needs changing.

Yet have faith, it is not insurmountable to make changes within your life, be they small changes or great big ones.

In taking up the challenge to make these changes remember always to celebrate the circumstances that led you to this point, for it is always in gratitude that we should hold that which has served us in bringing us to the lessons that we have learned from the experience. In taking one small step at a time, even though the outcome may seem insurmountable, it is the individual little actions that we take, that when added together will result in the outcome of change.

It is quite useful to keep a note of the achievements that you have made in your quest to effect change in your life. Often we keep plugging away and do not give recognition to those little things we have changed. Most of us tend to focus on the end result, and in so doing, do not take into account that small achievements that we have made, yet collectively when we review them, they amount to so much in achieving our goal. With each step that you take, be in gratitude and release that which you have changed.

Many of us reach a certain point, and at this time, we give up believing that the outcome is far out of reach. Yet it is in this time, that we should stop and take a breath and know that most often the end is just a short step away and it is achievable. Please service yourself in this moment and keep plugging away at the process of change.

Winston Churchill one said, “Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense”.

These profound words will bring you courage and the wisdom to know when to persevere and when to abandon the route you are currently taking and find an alternate road to journey that will lead you to the conclusion of change.

Finally at the end of your quest to make positive changes in your life, you will find a great weight has been lifted from your shoulder and you will experience a sense of absolute inner peace. It is this feeling of peace that is the ultimate of any change you undertake. It is a glorious sense of “being” in the moment, a delight in your life, a sense of joyousness and profound love within your being.

May you be blessed as you embark on your journey of change; may your outcome bring you never-ending waves of peace.

In love and light,

Amanda

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© Amanda C Nicolin 2011

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