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Spring
Changes Bring New Choices
By Bonnie Henriksen, Life Coach,
Trainer & Group Facilitator
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With
the coming of spring we have new choices to make.
How will we use the extra hours of daylight?
What different chores can we begin?
Can we go outdoors for a different kind of
exercise? Will
our food choices change? |
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One of the most amazing
things I have recognized since becoming a life coach
is the choices that are available to me.
I used to become easily stuck in whatever
routine was called for at any given time.
It took a major act of nature, like the
changing of seasons, to move me to a new routine.
It is easy during the winter to stay holed up
inside and enjoy the comforts of a cozy easy chair and
a good book. When
spring arrives, I suddenly look forward to crawling
out of my cocoon and donning a lighter weight jacket.
It feels good to drag a rake across the trampled grass
of the front yard or scratch the flower beds back to
life. Spring
gives me a fresh perspective. |
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Coaching has
taught me that fresh perspective is available to me
all the time. If
I am stuck thinking about or dealing with an issue,
situation or frustration, I can make a choice for how
I want to look at it.
By trying a few different perspectives I will
likely find one that I like better than the current
one, and I don’t have to stay stuck.
Perspectives are just perspectives.
They are the way we look at something in any
given time and place.
So, for example, if I have the perspective that
my job is boring and not taking me where I want to go,
I may feel there aren’t many other options and the
job is never going to be any different.
That is what I’d call the boring
and stuck perspective.
Now, what if I look at the temporary
perspective of the same job; it’s still boring,
but it won’t last long, because it’s temporary and
I know change is going to happen.
I feel some better, but still not the best.
So, let’s go for the what’s
good in the job perspective.
From this place I know that I like the people I
work with, I appreciate the pay check and I can walk
to work. I only work 8 hour days and I have weekends
off. Well,
that’s not sounding too bad for right now.
I can hang with it while I keep my eyes open
for a different opportunity.
I suddenly don’t feel so stuck anymore and
I’m motivated to make a change---I start exploring
options for a new job.
Wow! I
can choose which perspective I want to look at the
situation from! Remember
that old phrase, choose your attitude? You can.
You can choose your attitude and you can choose
the perspective with which you look at your situation.
A perspective isn’t the truth.
It is only the way you look
at the obstacle in front of you. |
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So, what does the spring
perspective hold for you? |
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It’s nice
chatting with you.
I’ll be back in the paper next month, but if
you’d like to learn more about life coaching or
visit with me about where you are stuck in your life,
visit my website at www.lifesongcoaching.com.
We’ll make a plan!
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