Today I recognize that all growth requires change, that all change includes risk and that these are scary and difficult. If I am not experiencing discomfort in my feelings, then I am not really changing. Deep meaningful change is hard won; it is not easy. It requires courage and commitment. When I am not willing to take any risks, when I only choose to stay safe, my life becomes progressively more narrow. When I am not willing to risk being hurt, my relationships become more shallow. When I am not willing to search for a Higher Power, I have to make-do with the stories and descriptions of other people’s God.

I have the courage and willingness to change.

Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them.
Marcus Aurelius