From our BFF Sam Horn (link here to her full newsletter article):
Many people believe change is HARD. What if we changed that belief? What if we choose to believe change can be soft? What if, instead of facing change with gritted teeth, we face it with grace?
Words matter. Every one of them.
We are in the midst of unprecedented global change. We have a choice. We can face it or fight it. We can focus on how the world currently is or we can figure out how it can be.
Joan Rivers said, “Listen. I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn’t get better. You get better.”
The quotes below can help us re-think our default beliefs about change. They can help us stop waiting for things to get better – and start taking responsibility for making them better. You might want to select a favorite and post it so it’s in-sight, in-mind, and stays top-of-mind. When faced with a change that’s unfair, undeserved and unwanted, re-read your quote to remind yourself of who you want to be and how you want to show up.
Quotes on HOW TO CHANGE WITH GRACE
1. “Never say anything to yourself you don’t want to come true.” – Brian Tracy
2. “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi
3. “Grief does not change you. It reveals you.” – John Green, The Fault in our Stars
4. “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for … and then live inside that hope.” – Barbara Kingsolver
5. “If you’re brave enough to say good-bye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
6. “Look closely at the present you’re constructing. It should look like the future you’re dreaming.” – Alice Walker
7. “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” – Martin Luther
8. “There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
9. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
10. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
11. “Your future depends on many things, mostly on you.” – Frank Tyger
12. “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford
13. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
14. “Live out of your imagination, not your history.” – Stephen Covey
15. “Change is a door that can only be opened from the inside.” – Raphaelle Giordano
16. “The only thing keeping you from what you want is the story you’re telling yourself about it.” – Tony Robbins
17. “And suddenly you know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” – Meister Eckhart
18. “It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.” ― James Gordon
19. “My happiness is on me, so you’re off the hook.” – Byron Katie
20. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead