Free Yourself And Say “Yes” To The Power Of No
There is often a joy in missing out
She didn’t say anything. But her facial expression and eyes were screaming at me. I could hear her accusation, even though they were her internal thoughts.
“You’ve changed!”
When people say “you’ve changed,” it is often meant as a negative. You may well have changed or you are in the process of changing. We can not achieve personal growth without embracing change. And if we remain the same person for years, just to please those around us, we are cheating ourselves.
But very often, people around us feel threatened by our change. We can not stagnate ourselves. Staying small and inconspicuous, for the comfort of others.
I now take the “you’ve changed” accusation as a compliment. And if those around me can’t handle me stretching myself, learning, and developing, this is on them.
You see, our personal growth causes others to compare their own static misery with our positive transformations. How they react to our growth is their choice.
- support and encourage us and take inspiration from our development.
- resist us and try to stop any development for fear of change itself.
