From ordinary to extraordinary!
I like to think that there is good in the ordinary. If look at this picture for example... it's just a rock on the beach, right? If you look a little closer you might see an elephant drinking from the ocean.
Seeing potential in things that are ordinary is one of the best parts of my job. I see things that others don't (or can't) in themselves or their cluttered spaces. The interesting thing is that when I started my business, I had no idea that was going to be so important.
When I started my business it was scary. Really, what did I know about running a business? Was I really going to be able to make money? How was I going to balance babies and a business?
There were moments in that first year that I truly thought I had lost my mind. Now, six years later I am so thankfully for my decisions and the obstacles that I have overcome. Not only do I have the best job in the world but I make a difference, and that makes me feel good.
To achieve your best life, sometimes you have to do something drastic to see the change that you need or want. Change is inevitable. We can't stop it. We either embrace it and work through the discomforts we might be feeling, or we fight it and find ourselves feeling stagnant and unsatisfied.
There are plenty of times when change can be difficult. We struggle with knowing what to do, we fear the results that will be coming, and we judge things that we don't know very much about. So often we don't even realize that the change we are facing might actually be the best thing for us (good or bad).
My kids and I have been reading quite a few books on these little "life lessons" that even adults struggle with. Often, I remind my kids that even mom still has a hard time with learning some of these very important life lessons. The important part of learning is to just try.
If it's starting a new job or having to start over. Just do it. What's the worst thing that could happen?
If it's facing parts of your past that you have buried. Just do it. You might find joy or forgiveness!
If it's dealing with paperwork that scares the living day lights out of you. Just do it. When it's done, you might be able to move on to something that makes you happy!
Facing a change can change the ordinary into something extraordinary!
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Amen! Love this post! Just the encouragement I've been needing to hear!
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