The more we resist change, the harder we’re making our lives. No matter what we do, change will continue to take place. The challenge is that it’s easier for us to stick with what we know. The pain we know is easier to handle than the unknown. People are generally afraid of the unknown and change.

How we handle change and respond to it will make all the difference.

We can argue, fight, ignore, or repress the change, but in the end, it will come no matter what we do.

As I write this, we’re living in a world filled with change.

Today I read that Regal movie chain will be closing down their 536 theaters temporarily due to the pandemic. Approximately 40,000 people will be furloughed and lose their jobs. It’s estimated that the theaters could be closed for months. And last week, United and American airlines also furloughed 38,000 employees.

The world around us is filled with change. Much of the change these days deals with events and situations that we don’t want to have to deal with.

When you then factor in the stress on families, along with the dysfunctional behaviors and alcoholism that people have already been struggling with, times are more complicated and painful than we have ever had to deal with in our lifetimes.

The change that we’re dealing with due to the pandemic added on top of the regular change that we’ve been dealing with has added even more worry and anxiety for tens of millions of people.

If you are afraid of change, you can try to run and hide, but it’ll catch up to you all the same.

Talk about your fear, write about it, express the worry or anger you have about the change, and then let it go.

The way forward is through healing and acceptance.

The more we run and repress, the harder the change will be.

Find the help you need to get through: Talk with a therapist, go to a virtual Adult Children of Alcoholics meeting, or talk with a trusted friend.

You are not alone. You never were.

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