I'm sitting up in the beautiful North Country enjoying the smell of the pines and the wind blowing through the trees. As I contemplate the winds of change that occur through the day, right now it is sunny and in an hour there will be a shower or maybe a large deluge of rain, and then the sun will emerge again and everything will be on track again.
Each time we take a risk and try something new, we risk the imbalance of normalcy until we get a handle on it. Last week, I started blogging and felt out of my comfort zone. Several of my friends have been experiencing a blogothon - even though it had been on my to do list for a year, I didn't get to it in time. Even though I didn't get in on time, it still inspired me to get off my duff and do it. I'm still feeling my way along, but that's ok, that is how we grow. To allow that growth, we move through successful transitions (we start with an end (in my case, an end to my comfort zone) and move through that area of uncertainty and chaos (for me - learning to blog and twitter and do facebook etc.)then we come out on the other side having grown and found an exciting new beginning. My book, Laid Off? Don't Stress! How to Get from Mad to Glad! is about growing through those winds of change and making those successful transitions. It is a compilation of 21 stories of people who have moved through changes in their lives and have found them to be the best things that ever happened to them. The book has been dubbed a manual of understanding.
I was reading a story in the Guideposts magazine this morning about an oncology nurse and she made the statement that "Hope is a discipline. It is a decision." The underlying factor in moving through these changes is hope. Your decision! Will you take the risk? Will you allow yourself to move forward and grow? These wonderful fellow NSAers have taken a risk and been part of a blogothon. Check them out.
Jackie Dishner
http://bikewithjackie.blogspot.com
http://www.thephoenixtraveler.com
Susan Ratliff
www.blingmybooth.com
Andrea Beaulieu
http://www.ConspiracyOfLove.net
Mimi Meredith
http://www.thegoodnessgrows.com
Beth Terry
http://www.CorporateCowgirl.com
Jean McFarland
http://www.bulliesamongus.blogspot.com
Vickie Mullins
http://mullinscreative.blogspot.com
http://vickiemullins.wordpress.com
Michelle May
http://blogs.eastvalleytribune.com/consumed/
Arlene Rosenberg
http://www.leadingachievers.com
Stanley Bronstein
http://stanleybronstein.com
Suzanne Holman
http://www.LessonsforYourMillionDollarLife.com
Bonnie Mattick
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