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Greetings, Summer is back. Yeah! Hopefully you had a great and safe Memorial
Day weekend, Minnesota’s annual kickoff weekend to summer. Change: transitive
and intransitive verb to become different, or make something or somebody different. For the
most part, we don’t like change. We are reluctant to change. But, change is part
of our life’s journey. As sure as we are going to die and pay taxes, we are going to experience change.
Sometimes we choose change and sometimes change chooses us. Families change, relationships change,
where we work changes, the economy changes, we change our car, we change our clothes, we change our diet, we change our hair
style, we change where we do business, we change where we live, we change schools, we change team loyalties, we change our
preferred beverage. So why do we make changes? Change has a lot to do with our associations.
Change has a direct link to our perception or our “feelings” toward a specific event. Whether
intentional or unintentional, if a person’s feelings get bruised or if a person is encouraged, change occurs. It’s
hard to believe, but I will be turning 52 this fall. As I reflect upon this verb change, most of the change
in my life has turned out for the better even though some changes were very painful. However, change can
be a very powerful and positive tool because we can make change a choice. Jim Rohn is one of my
favorite authors who simply explains; “Any day we wish; we
can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or next month, or next year. We can also do nothing. We
can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment
over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause.
As Shakespeare uniquely observed, "The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves." We created our circumstances
by our past choices. We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to
think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth. They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the
truth. We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must
keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make the very
choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily lives. And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking
and needing to make changes in their life - If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability
to totally transform every area in your life - and it all begins with your very own power of choice.” Have
a great June!
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