Sometimes change is thrust upon us, yes, but I'm much more interested in the changes we initiate ourselves.
Why do we initiate change in our lives? We can walk
in the same direction for years, but then all of a sudden, we decide to walk in
a different direction. It’s likely that there’s a build-up leading up to the
moment we make the decision, but the moment itself “clicks” us in. After the
clicking moment occurs, it will take another series of events to ever cause us
to change direction again.
Sometimes the clicking moment occurs because we’ve
experienced a significant event. For example, I stopped biting my fingers this
year; that wasn’t one of my planned goals, but after getting a bad infection
and having to visit the ER at 2 a.m., I discovered it wasn’t all that difficult
to stop.
Most clicking moments don’t include a visit to the
ER in the middle of the night; most changes we make originate from more subtle
origins, and sometimes the reasons behind the “click” aren’t immediately clear.
Have you ever experienced a “click” and
although you recognized the change in yourself, you didn’t fully understand why
it occurred? Were you curious enough to examine what led up to the clicking
moment, or did you take the time to create a story for yourself that explains
why you changed?
“Every now and then, I strike something that just
goes click, you know, in my head. As Gertrude Stein used to say, it rings the
bell, and I fell this is great.” – James Laughlin
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