CHANGE: YOUR DECISION

We all know that important events change the course of life from that day forward. The ones we choose are usually exciting and filled with anticipation: a wedding, a job and starting a family. All change the course of events in our lives from that day on, and we step happily into them.

The call that a loved one has a fatal heart attack, an accident that changes life forever, a diagnosis, a break-up and redundancy all change the course of life from that moment on and we find individuals forging on in places they have not stepped into willingly.

Many individual stories filled the following days – courage and heroism, panic and agony, kindness and sacrifice. Individual lives changed forever in a moment as we all witnessed, watched and felt our own hearts torn with the loss we could hardly understand.

As we mourn and remember this tragic day, we also see some life lessons taken. The past years have shown us the powerful strength of the human spirit.

In a world that has seen more than enough tragic events, we find courage and keep moving. The lessons we experience can be translated into lessons of strength as we push on in our own private world of difficult and unsought change.

If you are experiencing a hard and unwelcome change in your life that has been thrust upon you, be determined in inching forward beyond the pain. Don’t give the trouble the power to control you. Don’t let the tragedy become part of your life.

Choose how you will be remembered – by your loss or by your strength. Walk forward with your eyes focused on the future. When facing a great loss there can be a sense that there is not any future. No one is an island. We need the inspiration and encouragement of one another as we dust ourselves off from the deep pits of life and step out to move forward. Don’t isolate yourself in your pain. Be courageous to accept them as part of life and move forward.

Adapted from IssuesIFace website