Top 5 things I’ve needed to do to change my life…and you can do, too!

5. A reason. When things aren’t working in my life, I look for the reason why and then I go to work to change it. For example , I recently realized that I couldn’t blame the problems in some of my relationships on the other people I was involved with…I had more than one relationship that was suffering; the only common denominator was me! So there was something in me that had to change or things would just follow the same familiar pattern.  

 4. Determination. Whenever I’ve made a decision to change something in my life, I had to protect myself and not let the negative nellies try to talk me out of it. Sometimes they could be very subtle in their discouragement. They whine about how it used to be, ”you’re no fun anymore” or they tried to sabotage my efforts through temptation. I finally decided to just avoid those “toxic people”. I didn’t need them to drag me backwards.

3. Honesty. I need to be honest with myself and admit my mistakes before I could make any changes. I can talk myself back into my old way of thinking pretty easily by justifying my behavior. I’ve just learned to admit my mistakes and move on.

2. Teachability. I’ve had to make myself be willing to learn from people who’ve done what I hoped to do. I recognized that there were lots of people who’ve overcome the same problems I was trying to overcome. They’ve learned new ways of thinking and changed their way of doing. I can do it, too!

And the number 1 thing I did to change my life is… 

1.   Spirituality. I depend on the most high God to help me change. I’ve learned that he has all the wisdom and connections I need to make changes in life. In fact, I can’t change without Him. The good news is that He is on my side;  He wants to help me change so that I can be blessed.

Why am I opening up my soul to anyone who reads this? Because it’s time for change again! And I want to encourage anyoone whose reading this that if I can do it, you can do it, too.