Transition

Life is full of transitions, changing from one way of doing things to another. We are forever dealing with changes, whether it is at home, at work, at church, at our favorite stores...or within our relationships with others. Change is always happening. If it happens all the time, why is it so incredibly hard? Why do we stiffen ourselves, refusing to bend, refusing to be flexible, refusing to humble ourselves and admit that sometimes our  old ways may not be the best ways anymore? I wonder...is it pride? Is it fear? No one likes to admit that someone else's ways may be better. Don't fool yourself...you struggle with it too haha! No one likes to move out of the ways that are familiar and comfortable. It is scary! Learning new things is hard.

And yet, when I really step back and look at all the times that I chose to not bend, it is ugly. My own pride reared it's nasty head. Self righteousness and a know it all attitude usually follows on the heels of my pride. Then, the mean Amy jumps out and shocks me! I sometimes try to forget that she is in here...but, friends, she is still hanging out in here. She just doesn't show up quite as often these days.

Recently, I have been faced with transition. I think this time around, I will try the flexible, humble route. It seems to me that it works better for everybody, including me, and I am pretty sure it is quite a bit more Christ like than my natural tendency toward self righteousness and meanness! And who knows, maybe I will learn something  in the process and even make new friends.