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Embracing Change: Finding Joy in Every Season

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  • Dec 9, 2024
  • 2 min read

As 2024 comes to an end, I can't help by think about the blessings and challenges that the year has brought. This year has been a year of change- from leaving my job, selling my designs at a convention, to becoming a student again. It had its ups and downs and to be honest, some days really feel too heavy to bear.


Sometimes the world might seem a little too crazy to comprehend. Don't get me wrong, I love the humanness of life, but it can get overwhelming when you hope for the best and it doesn't seem to be moving in that direction.


I recently read an article in the New York Times about the allure of ignorance (The Surprising Allure of Ignorance, 2 December 2024). It posits that we choose to see the full picture as we are afraid of change. Change requires us to reorientate ourselves, to not turn a blind eye... to challenge our ego and beliefs. For me, change is scary because it requires me to confront the unknown. It invites me to untrodden paths and demands that I consider the humanness of my own self. For someone who struggles with insecurity, this feels like a daunting task.


A quote by Theodore Roosevelt keeps me going:

"It's not the critic who counts... credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena... who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short again and again... if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. "

2024, you have been a wild one - one that gave me space to err, to fall short, to dare greatly.


With the year coming to a close, I take each step with renewed courage- an inner strength that reminds me that it's okay to make mistakes as much as it is okay to rest. Strength that reminds me that it's also possible to dream big and trust that the universe has got my back.


To all who are trying your darnest too, hang in there.




 
 
 

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