tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post5416860770439405435..comments2024-03-25T21:54:29.130-07:00Comments on FocusingOnLife: The Challenge of ChangeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-75495055299402273942012-06-05T07:46:35.732-07:002012-06-05T07:46:35.732-07:00I think this quote pretty well sums it up for me.....I think this quote pretty well sums it up for me....<br />"It's not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it is the one that is most adaptable to change." ~ Charles Darwin.Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10857633931690620336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-61013707290157164092012-06-04T21:50:17.722-07:002012-06-04T21:50:17.722-07:00I am really enjoying this discussion -- this topic...I am really enjoying this discussion -- this topic has been on my mind for several years. In the last four years we lost three parents, gained four grandchildren, and I retired. Now we are planning a move to another city. I used to resist change, but now I am getting used to it, and even embracing it. It's taken me 60 years to accept that I can't control everything in my life and that's okay.ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08748316725457763377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-6421887362204774222012-06-04T17:45:42.681-07:002012-06-04T17:45:42.681-07:00I find this all very interesting. Since photograph...I find this all very interesting. Since photography is about preserving and remembering alot of the time, I wonder if all photographers are bad with change.?? Because - I'm right in there with you all - I hate change too!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433584313253805817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-66794036857823302642012-06-04T17:17:34.087-07:002012-06-04T17:17:34.087-07:00Oh, change! I am not good with it! I have spun my...Oh, change! I am not good with it! I have spun my safety net around me so tight that changes really throw me for a loop! When I was younger I embraced it, looked for it. <br />I know there are more changes in store for me. I will lean on my loved ones if I need to. I do also believe the little phrase-"let go, let God" That's the best way for me to go!<br /><br />xo,<br />LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344086795897680409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-41191444755897099492012-06-04T16:18:09.832-07:002012-06-04T16:18:09.832-07:00I think that's one of the hardest things to le...I think that's one of the hardest things to learn: Change is inevitable. Why fight it?Dottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-66971304253285800302012-06-04T16:17:30.908-07:002012-06-04T16:17:30.908-07:00Yeah - I don't like change that's thrown a...Yeah - I don't like change that's thrown at me ... I like to prepare well in advance for any changes. I'm sure that's my OCD showing.Dottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-74838107530523104292012-06-04T16:16:33.626-07:002012-06-04T16:16:33.626-07:00That is one of my favorite quotes. One of my husba...That is one of my favorite quotes. One of my husband's frequent questions is, "What are you going to do about it?"Dottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-34225883181101532762012-06-04T16:15:35.081-07:002012-06-04T16:15:35.081-07:00Your mother is as wise woman! Mine is, too ... we ...Your mother is as wise woman! Mine is, too ... we should do a better job listening to them. :-)<br /><br />DottiDottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-47812718127564775772012-06-04T15:23:44.156-07:002012-06-04T15:23:44.156-07:00i can totally identify - i do not do well with cha...i can totally identify - i do not do well with change at all! :) and my life has been full of it for the past couple of years. i guess for me what has helped the most is FINALLY getting it into my head that change happens. {I should make a bumper sticker! LOL!} all joking aside though, it's also my faith that gets me through times of uncertainty. a peace that comes from knowing that even if i don't know what's in store, God does. and His plan is always WAY better than anything i could dream up for myself. :)kellyhttp://mindingmynest.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-8546730206770869462012-06-04T15:05:25.564-07:002012-06-04T15:05:25.564-07:00Yep, I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to that ...Yep, I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to that word! haha And it's not like change hasn't been thrown my way in "big" ways at times. I'm getting better at it, at least that's what I tell myself. What I have learned is that change, whether brought on by myself out of choice or those not in my control all have a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, I just have to remind myself to look for it.Kim Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765296400379609580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-75836489683224779452012-06-04T13:26:08.809-07:002012-06-04T13:26:08.809-07:00I SAY I am good w/ change but I am not. I fret and...I SAY I am good w/ change but I am not. I fret and stew over it even while I am in the midst of it. But I quote the Mary Engelbreit saying : If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061773932119197157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-9160161094258854092012-06-04T13:10:34.308-07:002012-06-04T13:10:34.308-07:00I think there are people who welcome change, who a...I think there are people who welcome change, who are inspired and stimulated by change. I just don't happen to be one of them. I try to avoid change of any kind and don't deal with it well. I need to remember that, as you said Dotti, it's just a small bump in the larger journey we call life. My mother used to say, "A year from now, nobody will know the difference." But it's hard to remember that when you're in the middle of it. And like others have said, my creativity suffers when I am stressed. So no pearls of wisdom here but I completely agree that whatever change you are experiencing, it helps so much to have caring friends to share it with, whether they are next door or across the world.terriporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333055591899961253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-53362949514972249342012-06-04T12:45:20.083-07:002012-06-04T12:45:20.083-07:00Yes, change is hard for me, and as you wrote, for ...Yes, change is hard for me, and as you wrote, for most people. I also find my creativity and motivation for creating slide when I'm stressed over a change. I don't really have any "words of wisdom", but when there is a "bad" change in my life I still try to find one small positive thing from that change, and realize that the difficult time will some day just be a memory!heyjudephotographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098165048025314116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-52442657167759251562012-06-04T12:42:43.018-07:002012-06-04T12:42:43.018-07:00That is a very good point ... to often we get so f...That is a very good point ... to often we get so focused on the change itself that we fail to realize that it is a small bump in the larger journey we call life.<br /><br />DottiDottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-19082915348856640802012-06-04T12:41:48.072-07:002012-06-04T12:41:48.072-07:00Oh, Leigh! I can tell you and your friend are goin...Oh, Leigh! I can tell you and your friend are going to miss one another but it's so nice that you were able to be there for her ... that sense of a caring community can be so helpful.<br /><br />DottiDottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-56820131952567219592012-06-04T12:39:36.939-07:002012-06-04T12:39:36.939-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.heyjudephotographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098165048025314116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-76745512197972825662012-06-04T12:37:24.601-07:002012-06-04T12:37:24.601-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Focusing on Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233043525545761174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-51269842732881252062012-06-04T11:33:14.848-07:002012-06-04T11:33:14.848-07:00Oh Dotti...I needed to read this today! I was jus...Oh Dotti...I needed to read this today! I was just at lunch with a friend when she got an email from her husband confirming that were indeed moving out of state as he just got the official job offer they had been waiting months on. Even though she (and i) knew it was a possibility it still didn't seem like it was going to happen. Now it is happening. She just let go and began crying and as I cried with her I told her that this was a new journey for their family and it was going to be great. I just sent her the quote you ended with. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com