We grow up with adages and sayings and inspirational quotes and stories to follow. They're passed to us from young on, hoping to teach us lessons and spark hope and drive into us. Things like "If you fall down 7 times, stand up 8," (Chinese Proverb) or "When life throws you lemons, make lemonade" (and yes, I still remember that quote from Saved by the Bell, thank you Kelly). Otherwise, there are stories like The Little Engine that Could, or Oh, the Places You'll Go. Each of these may boast different pitches, but they're all humming the same tune: Change happens, and it's up to you to push through them and make your life what it will become.
Sometimes, it's a relationship ending, somethings its a move or even the death of a friend or family member, sometimes it's the loss of a job or the promise that the job you currently have just isn't going to cut it so you might as well find another. And, while adages and quotes are great, they only are good on paper. You need to actually kick yourself in the ass and pick yourself back up. The scariest part of moving forward is that you have to MOVE. The comfortable way will only provide you with more of the same, and clearly, since the "Same" is proving the reason you're in the dilemma in the first place, more of that "same" is stupid.
A word of caution, though. Change does not happen fast. Success is not felt immediately, and to measure the worth of your growth you must look to multiple outlets and not just one, or you will surely give up on your path and retreat to what you know and find comfortable. AKA, you will go backwards and never move out of your current situation.
Remember: "There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs." Time to get your walking shoes on.
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