Success Gems
Your Personal Motivational Success Guide
978-1884743-01-6
by Jewel Diamond Taylor
Foreword by Iyanla Vanzant

Shift Happens

Even though change is uncomfortable or frightening, the more you resist, the more it will persist. Learning to surrender and yield to shifts in careers, relationships and external conditions that you have no control of can reduce your stress. It may seem like your life is falling apart at times, but it may be coming together in a better way.

Change means exchange; Instead of saying you have been laid off a job…say your career path has been redirected. You will be exchanging one career path for another. As hard as it is to let go of relationships, you will maintain self-esteem and serenity if you perceive the shift as making room for a better relationship. Sometimes when your ego or fear stops you from making a necessary change, shift happens and creates the change that you were trying to avoid. Life will invite you or challenge you to grow and shine.

Shift will demand you grow and stretch in your faith and courage. Don't get caught up labeling the shift as bad or good. It just IS. In time, it will all make sense if you affirm that divine order is always taking place in your life. It's easy to affirm this when all is well. The true test comes in times of unwelcome and unexpected change. This is when your level of faith will help you to trust and keep pressing forward even when you're not sure what to expect next.

Change is a part of life. The seasons change. The economy changes. People and circumstances are unpredictable. Children, parents and you will grow older. Mother Nature cleanses, shakes, erupts, and burns. But, new life always returns and restores in time.

If you greet the shifts in your life with negative and fearful emotions, the shift will seem like a revolution. If you greet the shifts in your life with a positive and hopeful attitude, the shifts in your life can be perceived as evolution. Chaos could mean a time of creativity. Something is trying to be born.

How do you perceive the changes in your life? Do you feel like a helpless victim? Or do you accept that shift happens in everyone's life? If you take it personal and feel that life is against you, you have given your power away. Don't doubt your power to endure and overcome adversity. No one is immune from pain or grief. You can successfully recover from the shift in your life…depending on your attitude. From Success Gems: Your Personal Motivational Success Guide © 1995 and 1999.

Author Jewel Diamond Taylor
ISBN: 9781-884743-01-6
$12.00 US

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