People that face tough situations or discouragement will often seek to change their situation. They will move to a new house, a new town, swap out their spouse, change their job, their career. They will convert to a new religion or even more dramatic, start watching a new streaming service. Here is the problem.
Changing circumstances does nothing. The same person that is transplanted into the new environment will create the same scenario they left. If you are miserable in the mountains, you will be miserable in the desert. You will say yes to the same workload, allow the same type of people to walk all over you, and end right smack in the middle of the same situation. You have only bought a temporary reprieve by making drastic change.
The problem with that is that this type of change is usually expensive, sets you back significantly. It takes awhile to build back up, only to find out that the same flawed person is still at the helm of your journey.
The realization that the only thing that you can do is to change yourself and not your immediate circumstances is important. True, circumstances need to be addressed. However, I have discovered that when you change you, the circumstances automatically fix themselves.
Guy Reams
