Happy Sunday Everyone! This week I want to talk about change. If you are anything like me you don't like change of any kind, it makes me feel uncomfortable. But I have had to step back and ask myself why? Why does change of any kind make me feel so uncomfortable and anxious, even if it is a positive change?
In today's world we have to deal with a lot of changes and at times it can be pretty scary and stressful. Some of the changes I am having difficulty with are people's attitudes towards each other, it's weird to me. I do not and never will understand how people can hate other people just because of what they believe, how they look, or how they love and live differently than you do. I do not understand the cruelty our species displays towards other human beings.
The other changes I am struggling with are tech related. I know many people who are so excited about AI and I will admit AI scares the crap out of me for a lot of different reasons. One reason is our kids are growing up without having to use their brains. They are using AI to do their schoolwork rather than their brains.
I have even found adults becoming dependent on AI like ChatGPT. Using this AI forum to solve their problems rather than trusting themselves.People are losing the ability for cognitive thinking, cognitive thinking refers to the mental processes the human brain uses to acquire, process, store, and retrieve information. It encompasses all intellectual abilities—such as learning, reasoning, remembering, and problem-solving—that allow you to make sense of your experiences and navigate the world.
I think it is human nature to fear the unknown. Which is why I find this world scary and overwhelming at times, it is just an unknown. AI is an unknown to me. Sure I have heard about it and read about and saw it in movies, but in real life it's a bit intimidating to me. So, what are my options? I could continue to fear these changes or I could just accept it and learn more about AI and the pros and cons. I can choose to begin incorporating it into my life or I can choose not to. When it comes to change it is important for me to remember I have chooses.
Other changes such as how people are now treating people is a bit trickier for me. For the way people treat each other I have no control over that no matter how much I learn about the issues going on in today's world. I can and will continue to speak out against bullying and abuse, but I cannot change another persons beliefs or their behaviors, only they can do that.
But I can look at how I am reacting to them, that I can change.
What are changes in today's world you are struggling with? How do you react to those changes? Are you proactive or reactive or a little bit of both? I find if I am tired and my pain is flaring up I am more reactive than I want to be.
So, how do I deal with the fears around these changes? I trust. I trust my intuition to guide me and I trust in the creative energies that surround all of us. I know that humanity is experiencing another life lesson and at times it feels like we are losing that lesson, but we are not.
It is ok to struggle with change, but it is not ok if you allow that struggle to take over. When we fight against change we can become anxious, depressed, angry and even feel a bit isolated. The best way I have found to deal with change no matter how small or big it may be is to talk about it.
When I talk about the changes happening in my life and the world it becomes less scary to me and it reminds me that I am ok and not alone. So, remember you are NOT alone if you are struggling with all the changes in life today. And remember no matter what you are ok.
Remember, with change also comes opportunity. The opportunity to grow and become better than before. May we embrace the changes that we have no control over and allow the changes we do have control over.
It's all OK!
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Namaste,
Pat Laurino
Intuitive Energy Healer/Spiritual Psychic/Medium
