The Change and Growth in My Life
I’ve come to love the concept of change in my life for how it leads me to growth. I often use the terms interchangeably, but I felt I should clarify them and find out how they each have shaped my life.
In reading Change vs. Growth: Knowing Which You Need from https://possibilitychange.com, I understood why change is a big part of life, how growth is a constant and why I’ve come to intermix the two as if they’re the same.
Change was described as a turnaround that can be externally imposed. I grew up wanting to be safe (like any other person) and most of my changes started off being imposed by the opinions of the adults in my life. I didn’t understand why at the time, but it made me feel controlled, especially if I had no say and had to conform. When epilepsy was a part of my life, changes happened more often without my control, and I couldn’t let myself believe that it was all against me. I got curious about more reasons why and started believing in a growth that was larger than what I could conceive, a purpose beyond myself.
Growth was described as an incremental process, a steady movement in one direction to become better that requires motivation from within. When I couldn’t control the changes happening in my life, I focused on what I wanted to become and tried to apply how the changes served my growth. Growth felt more mysterious to me and is harder to explain outwardly. It felt more like a deep, personal goal that couldn’t be tracked or obviously shown to another and it acted as an anchor of values in hard times. Because growth lingers and is gradual, it can be easy to get caught up in changes. Growth doesn't feel productive, and it takes a lot of faith and trust to keep it going. It was in imagining a bigger picture that taught me to not revert to changes when growth didn’t seem productive. It was in returning to what I was working on and releasing my need to prove progress that showed me how surrendering had a way of calming and bringing clarity. Acceptance that I’m working toward but not controlling had a way of showing me the growth I couldn’t see.
Overall, I’ve learned that changes happen constantly and aren’t within our control but it’s up to me to determine its connection to my overall growth. With every new change is a lesson to learn, a present from Life to recognize.
Photo By: Dan Gold https://unsplash.com/@danielcgold
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