A Swift Kick in the Pants

Dear Friends,

I was out on a walk with my niece and nephew last week during the cold spell in our area.  As we were walking, we came to a patch of ice spanning the trail…while they walked right over said patch of ice with zero hesitation, I carefully walked around it, recognizing my need to change my path so that I would not slip and fall.

Ever get a swift kick to the pants…you know the kind, the kind that forces you to look at things you might have been avoiding looking at and (hopefully) help to bring needed change to that behavior and your life?

Yeah, I don’t particularly like it when that happens, I’m going to assume you don’t either.

There are times, though.  There are times when we need that swift kick to the pants, where we need that wake-up call.  We’d all love to simply change our behavior when we need to change, or better yet, never have need of change, but, let’s be honest, most of us don’t work like that.  Most of us need a reason to change.  Most of us need outside motivation.  Most of us need a kick in the pants or that ice spanning our path forcing us to change directions.

I got that uncomfortable kick in the pants a few weeks back…not information I wanted to hear, but information I definitely needed to hear…and while I’ve been sitting in what change should look and feel like, I do know that change is required in this particular area of my life. 

I see that I need to make change, I see it.  Simultaneously, I’m trying really hard not to judge myself for that need for change.  I’m trying really hard to decouple the need for change and the judgment on myself that so often accompanies the need for change.

My dear friends, if you’ve gotten a swift kick in the pants recently, if you’ve been forced to consider a different path, I hope you will work on decoupling that needed information from judgment, and simultaneously you will come a little closer to finding that required path change.

Have an amazing week, my friends.

Love
Krista