{"id":62,"date":"2008-06-29T08:06:58","date_gmt":"2008-06-29T15:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:11:09","slug":"fear-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/ag_blog\/fear-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear Of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Anita Garne<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: auto 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">I love routine.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Embrace it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Find it invigorating.\u00a0 Routine enables us to accomplish new things because we know we can return to stand on the smooth and relatively splinter-free platform of the everyday, emboldened by the foundation we&#8217;ve built.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">All new experiences aren\u2019t better than the old ones. Just\u00a0because we decline to try a new thing, that doesn&#8217;t always mean we&#8217;re afraid to shake up our routine.\u00a0Sometimes it simply means the invitation isn&#8217;t that interesting.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">There\u2019s nothing wrong\u00a0with preferring certain companions,\u00a0specific\u00a0kinds of mattresses, chairs, coffee and\u00a0food.\u00a0\u00a0These are\u00a0often the only things I can control for weeks at a time, so I&#8217;ve learned to count each choice a small victory. My routine gives me the freedom to feel most like myself.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">In this way I\u2019m very like my granddaughter, who at three-and-a-half, embraces every detail of her daily routine and reminds anyone who forgets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">When I leave my own comfort zone in order to have a different experience, it&#8217;s a blessing to know the familiar waits for my return.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Sometimes the new works out, sometimes not.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">The real enemy, of course, is the <em>fear<\/em> of change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The very young ones haven&#8217;t learned that part yet. 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