{"id":9344,"date":"2022-04-01T14:26:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T20:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englandlogistics.com\/?p=9344"},"modified":"2022-11-21T07:59:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:59:04","slug":"embracing-change-as-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englandlogistics.com\/embracing-change-as-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Change as Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout my life I have periodically heard, and even used, the phrase, \u201cI can\u2019t wait until things get back to normal.\u201d Never has it been so often expressed as in the past two years. Yet, this begs at least a couple of questions: \u201cWhat is normal?\u201d \u201cWhy are we so anxious to go backward in order to get to it?\u201d “Why is embracing change so difficult?”<\/p>\n

According to a few dictionaries I\u2019ve reviewed, normal<\/strong> is defined as \u201cconforming to the standard or the common type; usual; regular; natural; serving to establish a standard; of natural occurrence; the standard or type.\u201d Okay. I\u2019ll accept that. However, there is another phrase that has almost become a maxim in the 20th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup> centuries, \u201cThe only real constant is<\/em> change.\u201d I have also found that to be accurate, and maybe even a truism. Therefore, change is normal, and the only place to find change (or normal) is living in the moment and looking toward the future, not backward to where we have been.<\/p>\n

But if this is true, why can\u2019t we wait to go back to something that sounds very predictable and unchanging? What if the normal we seek lies in the standards or patterns that form between the changes? Where is the normal in the midst the changes? I believe the answer is right before each of us. Normal is found within us and in how we engage in the ever-changing world around us.<\/p>\n

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Think about it. Change has always been our most loyal companion throughout our life\u2019s journey.<\/h3>\n

 
\nWith every gain and every loss, with every joy and every sorrow, we have had to change and adjust to the new standard, the \u201cnew normal.\u201d Really, it is nothing new. It has been, and always will be, in acceptance and adaptation.<\/p>\n

For example, when my parents have each passed, I could have denied it. But it wouldn\u2019t have changed the fact that they were no longer right in front of me. There was no changing the reality. The best I could do was to adapt to the change. Find the new normal by embracing change.<\/p>\n

The same is true with the birth of each of our children. There was no putting them back. My wife and I had made choices and taken actions that brought life into the world. No matter how hard it was going to be, I\/we needed to accept the new situation and adapt.<\/p>\n

These, along with many other experiences have taught me that the world around us is ever changing, and that normal isn\u2019t tangible. It is found in our state of mind, state of heart and our vocabulary. Might I offer few suggestions of how I find normal as often as possible?<\/p>\n

I find it in\u2026<\/p>\n