This week, life slapped me in the face, causing me to wake up from my complacency. I don’t think of myself as a complacent person, settling with being minimally satisfied. I want to be satiated. I’m passionate. I walk (or run) the uncommon path, speak the uncomfortable truth, and work to break down the emotional and physical walls we build around ourselves that ultimately keep us from enjoying our lives. It’s humbling for me to accept that I allowed myself to remain in a situation that had been slowly draining me on many levels. So when I am confronted with change that pushes me to do what I have been putting off, I get angry. I scream. I curse. Because I am not ready. But that’s the thing about life. Life continues on – change continues to happen – whether we are ready or not. So we can choose to remain frozen in disbelief, hold on to our anger, drown in pools of pity, cry until our eyes are red, swollen, and burning, or we can choose to do the work that needs to be done to continue to thrive, no matter how uncomfortable or unfamiliar the task. I’m not ready, and I have no idea what the future holds, but I choose to thrive. So now, it’s time to get to work.