"Doing things the same way over and over expecting a
different result is insanity!"
People always say change is difficult and yes sometimes I
agree with this. The most difficult changes in life are the one that you don't
see coming. But should change be really difficult? Life changes are a test of
character, test of your own self and it puts you where you are not used to
living. I have to credit my mentor who by the way is a female self-made
millionaire at the young age of 22. She said change is not difficult rather
change is uncomfortable. It is hard to be taught by someone younger than you
are but when I met her I was an empty cup with my back against the wall, I
heard her story and her story is so similar to mine though in my mind more
difficult. Back in 2007, 2 months before graduation a tragedy struck her
family, her father the primary breadwinner died of cancer being first born she
was put to the test having a housewife for a mom and a still student sister
during that time and mind this her parents are living in LA while she was here
she even described the situation being she is an OFW here while her family is
in USA. Given that she is a nationalist because she is a product of UP she
decided to stay here. She was pushed in a situation and a position of a huge
change. She was given a responsibility that was not her choice.
Most people will crumble at this situation but my mentor is
resilient and determined. She knows she can only provide results and not
excuses in the face of adversity where quitting is not an option.
Another true story of
a young woman who overcame a life changing event to be one of the youngest
millionaires in the Philippines. At the age of 18 while in between semester in
college her dad left her and get this he is the only one she has in her life.
She literally was alone(she is Japanese), she has no relatives just friends in
Manila. She had a choice as well to adapt to the change, live and prosper or
crumble. Guess what choice she made? At 24 years old currently she earns an
average of 2 million pesos a month, married, has 3 kids and has a wonderful
family. Now I believe that is success.
So by now you are
asking how they did it. It is very normal to ask yourself that question nothing
wrong with that but the real question you should be asking is WHY they did
that. Just imagine you are on the way to some family reunion and you are
running a bit late you want to attend to and haven't seen your family in a
while and as you drive the way to go to the reunion is blocked by a minor road
accident that occurred just 5 minutes before. Now you call your folks asking
how they got there and they told you about the way, little did they know an
accident happened after they have passed the way. By now your "how"
has been nullified, that how is no longer valid but you still have your
"WHY", why you should be there. If something similar happened to you
in your life did you stop? Did you go back to where you came from and quit? Or
did you asked around and found a new way?
You see there are
changes in life that happens to us, some we see some we don't, some we want
some we hate, but these changes happen and sometimes we need those changes
especially when we are going nowhere. Changes are not difficult it is just
uncomfortable. Just like anything in life there is a first time and what we do
is we accept this change and we adapt!
For example you broke
your arm due to a roller blading accident, do you deny it happened or you
accept it and seek medical help? Same with any changes in life we need to
accept it, understand it and adapt to it because if we know our "WHY"
then all we need to is find a way and go through it!
The fact is sometimes
we have to go out of our comfort zones for a better future, for a better
destination and for a better life. If we want something better in life we have
to introduce a good change in our lives.
Introduce a change,
accept the change and adapt to the change!
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