The Threshold of Change
Posted on August 28, 2008
Filed Under Coaching, Life Strategy, Life in General |
Standing on the Threshold of Change
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Karen_Knott]Karen Knott
Most of us know what it’s like to spend some time here - standing on the threshold. It usually happens just at the point where we’ve made decisions about the changes we want to make, designed our vision for the future and can see it beckoning us ‘on the other side’ and all we have to do is get there.
It sounds so easy….all we have to do is get there… and yet the threshold of change is where many of us loiter indefinitely only to remain separated from the place we want to be.
So what’s going on? What stops us from actually making the changes we yearn for? The paralysis we experience is the result of fear, together with a few other things like resistance, doubt and procrastination thrown in for good measure. When they choose to combine forces they form an effective ‘mental canyon’ between where we are now and where we want to be. For many of us, the realisation that we have to actually step onto the bridge that will take us to the other side is so daunting, we become immobilised and stranded by our fear.
Yes, fear can certainly be a crippling poison but action is a powerful antidote. Now, if I was to suggest that the best way over the bridge was to just keep running, no matter how much it sways, until you reach the other side, you might understandably prefer to stay put. But what if instead, all you had to do was step onto the bridge secure in the knowledge that it would cause little more than a slight quiver? Then, when you’ve got your balance, what if you took another step …and then another… and another, until you stand triumphantly on terra firma, at the place you want to be.
No amount of dreaming, planning or positive thinking in the world will get you past the threshold of change without taking action. And without taking action, your vision, hopes and dreams will always remain on the other side.
Karen Knott is a life coach who works with midlife women who are eager to reconnect with their sense of purpose and enthusiasm and make lasting changes that have a positive impact on their lives.
Get a taster by registering for her free e-Programme ‘Turning Midlife into the Time of Your Life’ at http://www.midlifematters.co.uk
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