Are you open to change?

Whether we choose to admit it or not, change is inevitable. We all want things to happen in our time and in our way. If someone isn’t living up to our expectations, then they must be the one to change.

Let me tell you a story about my first year teaching. There was this one kid who knew exactly how to push my buttons. In fact, there was one time he and a few of his friends were messing around and knocked one of those large metal cabinets over. This cabinet came down with a crash, and I screamed, “What the hell are you doing?” I was truly scared the kids could have gotten hurt or worse. This was a moment that, to this day, makes me shake a bit.

Needless to say, I got called to the principal’s office and asked about my behavior and those of the kids. She was understanding of my outburst, but I knew I needed to get these kids under control or I would be looking for another job.

Here’s what I decided to do. Instead of yelling and demonstrating anger, I chose to stop and listen more closely to what this student needed. I asked him more questions. I tried to understand where he was coming from. 

Within a few weeks, he changed. 

Or was it me?

You see, I knew change was needed, but what I was doing wasn’t helping him. I needed to stop reacting to his outbursts. I needed to change. Not him.

Shortly after this, I resigned to go to another school system. He came up to me and said. “You know, you’re a pretty cool teacher. I wish you had been like this the whole time you were here.”

Yeah, kid me too. I wonder what it would have been like if I had stopped reacting earlier.

Change is hard. Change within is even harder because you don’t always see the results. Sometimes you need to wait until things settle down before you notice them.

I’m not perfect. Who is? But I do know that in order to see change in the world, we need to stop blaming others for what we see. We need to look deep within and recognize that we are the problem, too.

I know I have been asleep and apathetic for far too long. I know that I need to step up and share what I know to be true.

One of the greatest gifts I found is that knowing myself and loving all parts of me allows me to not only accept myself as I am, but it allows me to accept others as they are. I don’t need to change others; in fact, that’s impossible! I need to accept myself to accept others. 

One thing that I found to help me in my journey of self-discovery was to take time to listen to me. Slowing down, breathing deeply, and using various meditations to help listen to my body. One of the best meditative modalities that I found was Biofield Tuning, and it has truly changed my life.

If you would like to see what it’s all about, join me for a special Biofield Tuning meditation, Collective Peace, on February 28, at 10:00 am MT. DM me to be put on the wait list.