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The road to change

Posted on by philipdodson

The road to change starts with the first step.

The moment of greatness is not when we reach our destination, it is when we take that first step.

Choosing to change is that first step and it’s brave, and the bravery builds as we take the 2nd, 3rd, 4th step and so on.

Change often means moving from fitting in, to having the courage to be different.

The road to change is being prepared to be vulnerable.

The road to change is hard, but nothing of value is easy.

The road to change is about how much are we prepared to suffer to reach our purpose.

The road to change is often underestimated.

The road to change is worth it.

I could have…

Posted on by philipdodson

I could have been…well, many things but I wasn’t. I could have been a contender as Marlon Brando said in ‘On The Waterfront’.

We make a choice in life and at that time there could have been many other options that we didn’t take.

The fact is, it is in the past and whatever route we took or take the outcomes are always uncertain.

Therefore, the could have, should have, what might have been thoughts we have is a waste of time. We only use them to beat ourselves when we feel we made a bad choice.

The good news is we can still choose a different path at any time and even if we had chosen the other path in the past it could have led to a worse outcome too.

It is better to accept where we are and the journey, learn and make new choices than it is to lament missed opportunities. There are no certainties so better to enjoy the journey we took not the one we didn’t go on.