Mindfulness Pocketbook: Little Exercises for a Calmer Life

Managing Change

‘Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine.’ – Robert C. Gallagher

We may not know how or when change is going to show up in our lives, but one thing is for sure: it will show up. And it's not always welcome. Whether it's redundancy, your children growing up and leaving home, your favourite restaurant changing the menu or your town centre streets being turned into a one-way system, changes are never far from your door.

Too often, we resist strange new situations and circumstances. We fight to hold onto people, places and things. We struggle to let go.

But when you resist change, you are simply clinging to the past ...