When you stop growing, you stop living.
When you stop growing, you stop living, I heard that phrase today and struck a nerve.
We cannot grow if we aren't willing to learn and change. What that looks like differs, depending on what area of your life you are wanting to see growth. For your career, it could be taking classes to learn a new skill, for parenting, it could be picking up one of the many parenting books available, being more attentive to your children and for your relationships with others and yourself, it could be counseling or just listening to advice from someone you trust, meditating and listening to God.
In all of these situations, the first and most important task is to look at yourself, to determine 1) what do I see that needs to be improved upon B) what am I willing to do to make these improvements. B can be a lot harder than 1, this I am learning.
I was reading my personal journal from a year ago and sadly, the entries look eerily similar to the ones I've written this past week. A cry for change that started to happen but once I was content, just stopped. I thought it was enough but our relationship can not grow if we aren't willing to admit what needs to be done, if we aren't willing to do the work.
I'll be honest, I'm scared of the work, I'm scared of change, I don't want to walk away from what I want, from who I want, yet I'm more afraid to stop living. I have to grow, I have to learn and I have to live. I can only make it through this stage with God's help, God's grace and God's guidance. I have to have faith that what I hear and see is what is right for me. I know God hears my prayer
We cannot grow if we aren't willing to learn and change. What that looks like differs, depending on what area of your life you are wanting to see growth. For your career, it could be taking classes to learn a new skill, for parenting, it could be picking up one of the many parenting books available, being more attentive to your children and for your relationships with others and yourself, it could be counseling or just listening to advice from someone you trust, meditating and listening to God.
In all of these situations, the first and most important task is to look at yourself, to determine 1) what do I see that needs to be improved upon B) what am I willing to do to make these improvements. B can be a lot harder than 1, this I am learning.
I was reading my personal journal from a year ago and sadly, the entries look eerily similar to the ones I've written this past week. A cry for change that started to happen but once I was content, just stopped. I thought it was enough but our relationship can not grow if we aren't willing to admit what needs to be done, if we aren't willing to do the work.
I'll be honest, I'm scared of the work, I'm scared of change, I don't want to walk away from what I want, from who I want, yet I'm more afraid to stop living. I have to grow, I have to learn and I have to live. I can only make it through this stage with God's help, God's grace and God's guidance. I have to have faith that what I hear and see is what is right for me. I know God hears my prayer
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