The sun sets on another day…
Sunset was both subtle and diffused while being powerful and amazing. The clouds took away some of the light and the sun set early where I am, but there was a certain power and prowess to it that made you want to smile. In the end I enjoyed every moment and in the end, it was a fantastic sunset.
I listened to a seminar yesterday on OCM. Personally, I think organizational change management is a new position created so that executives don’t have to communicate as much as they should, but I see a lot of change management that really needs an extra level of care, so I get it, but I always used to have to do it as well. If you’re an OCM professional, don’t be saddened or hurt that I said this, i’m not minimizing what you do but instead defining the need. Sometimes you have to think about things like that, sometimes it matters, and sometimes it doesn’t.
As I listened to the gentleman talking, I found that I disagreed with much of he said. Some of it was right on, but he seemed to consider change the most horrible thing in the world. True he was teaching a class on how to embrace change, but he noted very adamantly that everyone hates change, and the change is painful for everyone. As I listened carefully and tried to understand where he was coming from, I found myself wondering why I felt any emotion at all for something that was just expressing a point of view. This led me down a rabbit hole after the whole discussion was over.
For my entire life change was the only constant. I had no ability to get angry or frustrated, all i knew is that change was coming and as it came, I would once again be forced to deal with it. I say that as though it was contentious, but it wasn’t. I had no feeling about change because it was something that happened all the time. Every school year I was at a different school until I came to Lexington KY. Even then I shifted schools after the first year and it just felt right, not because where I was going was any more positive than where I had been but instead because it was just another change and change had become a way of life.
There were lots of other changes that I won’t describe in this short treatise but suffice it to say that there was no part of my life that wasn’t in a constant state of change. In my high school and college years I almost felt uncomfortable because there was not as much change, and as I started going through life it was the same, where was the change, where was the challenge. My professional life became in constant change because I was always pushing harder and trying to do the next greatest thing and as I did so I found a way to enjoy my life and still embrace the change.
Do you like change? Do you cringe in terror when something is different? Do you accept those things that are laying before you no matter what effect they may have? These seem like silly questions, but some people do, and some people don’t. I hope you find a way to embrace change and in doing so achieve and overachieve everything you need to do.
So as the sun sets on another day, change is inevitable. Each day we are evolving and changing and many of us don’t realize it. Maybe that’s a defense mechanism, or maybe it’s just something that we learn to accept. I hope that you find the change is an exhilarating part of your life, but if not, I hope you’re able to deal with the changes that we have no choice but to accept. Life is worth it and amazing every day, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and keep reading…