I remember my dear Grandma Mary talking about a busybody neighbor of hers, lamenting how she couldn’t take her garbage to the curb without this neighbor reporting her activity to all within earshot. The neighbor wanted to know all the things about all the company that visited my Grandma. From my Grandma’s perspective, this neighbor delighted in getting all up in her business.
For a long, long time, I viewed Change like my own personal, busybody neighbor–the kind of neighbor who was never content to just let me be. As soon as I settled in and accepted one kind of transition, she would ring the doorbell and disrupt my peaceful state. She took delight in getting all up in my business in the worst of ways.
If I saw Change coming, I’d roll my eyes and breath a deep sigh. I just wanted to close the curtains, turn off the lights, and pretend I wasn’t home. She was a thief of my joy and the enemy of my contentment. During that time, if I would have taken a quiz to see how good of friends I was with Change, the results would have said we weren’t friends at all. We were enemies with a capital E.
I’ve come to learn I had changed pegged wrong, so I am a little more gracious in my opinion of her now.
If you could take a quiz to see if Change is your friend or enemy, what would it say? Well, you don’t have to speculate or guess-now you can find out!
If you are curious, take this short quiz to see if the outcome says what you think it would say. If you plan to read my book Girl Meets Change releasing this Tuesday (!!!), take it before you read it and once again after you read it. Are the outcomes the same or different?
The quiz is free, and of course anyone can take it. Also, a bonus! After completing the quiz, your particular outcome includes an excerpt from a chapter of Girl Meets Change for your reading pleasure.
So take the quiz and let me know what outcome you received!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, dear friends. Much love to you!
Kristen,
I usually don’t like change. For me leaving my job this year was a good change. Life feels much better and I am happier and stressed less. Have more time to look after my aging dad and assist my in-laws with their medical issues.
For my hubby he can’t stand change!! For a long time he worked in a hospital setting (CT). Then he moved into a cardiologists office with the same company. Last year through changes he worked at 3 different locations for same company. Now fearing a merger with the other medical company he is going to a different hospital. So many changes in the last two years! He’s ready for steady, rut and routine!
My results said Change is my Frenemy. As a retired military wife (at 40), you must know Change is going to happen. After 17 years with my hero, I’ve faced Change differently, probably every time a PCS was required, with anticipation, dread, curiosity, nervousness, fear. Each time, I got through it. However, only the last time did I get through it with God’s help. I didn’t think much about God until that season. Now I wonder how I ever made it through without Him! Kristen, this book is a blessing. Thank you for writing it. Looking forward to whatever comes, even if it’s Ch-Ch-Change!
Hi Kristin,
I live in Denver and have followed your blog for a time now. Thank you for your encouraging words this year. I have had a big change this year with my job but now am at peace with it all. Overall, I think change is such a great teacher as well as good for our souls-no matter how hard it can be. I look forward to getting your book and also passing it on to others after I have read it. Thanks for writing it and opening up your heart.