Fear can accompany change
It’s common for a fear of the unknown to accompany change. Feeling fear about change does not mean that change is bad — what seems frightening at first may well turn out to be for the best.
It’s common for a fear of the unknown to accompany change. Feeling fear about change does not mean that change is bad — what seems frightening at first may well turn out to be for the best.
To handle changes in your life, you need to accept what is beyond your control and focus on your own internal transition to the new reality.
If you are someone who hates change, then you are going to have to at least tolerate it when it happens. You don’t have to like what’s going on, but you do have to find a way to cope, because change happens, like it or not.
Adapting to change is more difficult for some people; the trick is to know that it is just one of the millions of changes that are going to happen in your life and, good or not so good, you can learn ways to accept that it is happening.
Change is constantly happening in life. Some changes are positive, such as a new loving relationship or gaining a new friend; others you may see as negative, such as losing your job. Learning how to adjust to change, both good and bad, can help make life easier.
When we get a clear look at our ways of thinking and feeling, rather than just following their leads unconsciously or semi-consciously, then we respond more consciously and choicefully rather than react on the basis of habit or situational circumstances.
Because mindfulness is about grounding consciousness in the present, the mind is less likely to be captivated by self-generated mental accounts about the past and future, as well as the rumination, regret, anxiety, and other experiences that can dampen the experience of well-being.