
“When we make a change, it’s so easy to interpret our unsettledness as unhappiness, and our unhappiness as a result of having made the wrong decision. Make your peace with that and all will be well.” - Jack Kornfieldġ3. “Everything that has a beginning has an ending. “Every day is a chance to change your life.” - Unknown When you’re struggling with change.ġ2.

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” - Anonymous, but often attributed to C.S. They merely determine where you start." - Nido Qubeinġ0. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” - Dr. You must make the choice to take the chance if you want anything in life to change.” - Unknownħ. “The three Cs in life: choice, chance, change.

“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” - Robin SharmaĦ. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. “Your life does not get better by chance. “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. “Change can be scary, but you know what’s scarier? Allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing.” - Mandy HaleĢ. These new beginning quotes and sayings all inspired me at some point along my journey, and I hope they’ll inspire you, too! When you’re teetering on the edge of a new beginning.ġ. So, for today, and until you get to the other side of whatever transition you’re currently navigating, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite inspiring quotes about change and new beginnings. However, none of that stuff matters when you’re in the throes of a massive, life-changing upheaval. And ultimately, they usually lead to somewhere pretty great - sometimes even to our dreams. Endings can be scary, but they open the door to new beginnings and fresh starts, which offer us a great opportunity to grow, test, and challenge ourselves, too. I’ll be the first person to tell you that in addition to being an inevitable (and constant) part of life, change can also be incredibly exciting. So yeah, I’m pretty familiar with change – and it can be tough. Long story short, that choice led to an entirely new career. After spending way too much time agonizing over my decision, I ended up taking the new job, hating it, and quitting without a backup plan. I should have been thrilled, but the idea of leaving my comfy job and awesome co-workers for something new and different was kind of terrifying. A few years back, I was wrestling with whether or not to accept an exciting offer and start a new, challenging role that I’d dreamed about landing for years.

They sailed north and west, following the summer currents out of the sweating heat of the equator, and saw Cities so distant even Yule had only read their names on his charts.Change is hard, guys. They walked the streets of the City of Yef and slept in the cool grottoes of the City of Jungil, and walked across the famed bridge connecting the twin Cities of Iyo and Ivo.

Then they stayed three nights on the abandoned Island of Tho, where the ruins of a failed City loomed like broken gray teeth against the sun, before skipping along a string of low, sand-scoured islands too small to be named. They docked first at the City of Sissly, where Ade could admire the pink domes of the local chapels and taste the pepper-bite of fresh gwanna fruit. When asked what she wanted to see, Ade replied, " Everything," so Yule obediently charted a course toward everything. Yule thought about once-upon-a-times and bold beginnings.Īt dawn they departed. Ade nestled into the softness of his arm and thought about happily-ever-afters and sweet-tasting endings. “They spent the night tucked beneath a spare scrap of canvas in the boat bottom, listening to the sluicing of waves against the pine-tarred hull and watching the night wheel over them like a dancer's star-studded skirt.
