In Others’ Words: Life has No Remote

I am always losing track of the TV remotes.

Remotes, as in plural. Does anyone have just one remote anymore? We have one to watch TV. One for the DVD player. One for the sound bar. And another remote for … well, I don’t really know. It may be for the standing fan, but it gets put in the TV remote basket.

The thing is, I spend way-too-much time wandering around the family room looking for the “clicker” to turn on the TV, muttering, “Why can’t people put the things back where they belong?”

There have been times I’ve wandered around in my circumstances, muttering to myself, wanting things to change. Looking for an easy way to fix things. Wanting someone else to do or say something to change what’s happening. Acting as if I could push a button and change the channel, change my life.

That’s not the how things work.

There is nothing remote about real life. And change demands involvement — personal involvement. We have to care enough to get up, get in the fray of what’s working and what’s not working — and make the effort to change things. Change our circumstances. Change our attitudes. Change our actions and reactions. Change our future.

In Others’ Words: What motivates you to get up and pursue change in your life?

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