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January 2012: Fighting for change PDF Print E-mail
Written by Brenda   
Saturday, 07 January 2012 12:22

At the end of this month I will be... 39 years old. The only comfort I have when my birthday comes around is that my sister will always be older than me. Sorry, sis! But take comfort, I didn't say how much older. My oldest child will be graduating high school this year and my youngest will be graduating preschool. I started a new job this last fall and I have to say, I love it. This is going to be a big year of change for me, lots if new growth.

Change doesn't happen because of age and shouldn't be limited to a certain place, degree or job. One of my favorite quotes is from Meet the Robinsons: "Keep moving forward." Even if you fail in something, try looking at out another way or do something different. Especially if your unhappy.

I have known so many, myself included, that feel like they are stuck in life, dug in a hole so massive that they will never be able to get out. Things like: "It's hopeless" or "impossible" drip off their lips like poison to their souls. Everyone and all problems are different. That is absolute.

One way to get out of the hole is to... Change! Grow! Fight your way out!

Here is an example. I have a friend that can’t seem to find a job. She is currently jobless and living off of the kindness of friends. She complains she can’t find a job and is “willing to take anything.” Yet when I brought up the fast food place down the street she scoffed and said that she would rather be jobless. OK, I thought, then you really aren’t willing to take anything. Her pride is getting in the way of a pay check. If she decided to change it may be in the form of taking that job at the fast food place or going to college to get a degree and maybe a better job. But if she doesn’t fight for change, it will never come and she’ll be stuck.

I did this several years ago. Single mom, welfare, hardly able to pay the bills. I made a decision to change, to make a better life for my child and give him someone to be proud of. I went back to school and worked hard. There were many nights that I wondered: “what the hell am I doing?” but I looked at my sleeping son and knew that I was changing for him. I’ve always told him he was the reason I went back to school, he loves that.

Changing is hard. It will always be hard. But if you don’t fight for it. No one will do it for you.

This year, I plan on doing a lot of changing. Plans include blogging more, going back to school for my Bachelor’s degree, and publishing more of my writing. I invite you to grow and change with me! Let me know what changes you plan to make, what struggles you are most worried about or even if you succeeded in a goal. I'd love to come back to this at the end of the year and reflect on how much growth and change we all have accomplished.



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Mind Music for Prophecy Crumbles PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 19 December 2011 09:59

Music is a big part of my life and an inspiration to my writing. Here I've put in play lists of songs that I think about when writing and reading my stories.


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