Facing Change Part 1

I received an email from a student’s parent my first year of teaching that said the only constant in life is change.

She’s right and now that the world is facing a pandemic going on a year, we all know what it feels like to have permanent change in our lives. Honestly, our world will never go back to what it was like before the pandemic. And, we have to process that fact.

In this series, we will look at change and the importance of how we respond to it. We will learn discuss how we can wisely respond to it and consider ways, based on our individual personalities, can face the change that happens in our lives.

Our guiding theme is that we face change with faith, courage, and community.

What change are we talking about?

big/small

temporary/permanent

Fast/slow

daily/weekly/yearly

We do some of these changes look like in life:

Job/Location

you get a new job

you move to a new city

Relationships

friendships

you get a significant other

your relationship changes as you get older

divorce

Personal changes

losing weight

beliefs

health

Miscellaneous

car breaks down

house fire

other tragedies

What happens when we face change?

You will decide, based on how you perceive the change, to accept, reject, or leave it be

what does accept the change mean? It does not mean to agree with it, but to acknowledge that the change has happened

Our stability in life is challenged

The way you process the change will influence your future actions/behavior