{"id":666,"date":"2009-08-22T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=666"},"modified":"2009-08-22T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-22T14:13:00","slug":"change-and-being-part-of-that-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"Change and Being Part of that Change&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SpAS-EGTIjI\/AAAAAAAACSU\/WktY63PYTa4\/s1600-h\/images.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 87px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_ESvCH9ghcAI\/SpAS-EGTIjI\/AAAAAAAACSU\/WktY63PYTa4\/s320\/images.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372815212914352690\" \/><\/a><br \/>Change!  It is a word that can cause all sorts of discombobulation to a soul!  Over the past couple of years our school has had to go through significant changes.  It has changed the essence of our school.  <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Is that a weird thing to say?  Probably, unless you have been part of our school community. The great thing about our school is the fellowship and community that makes it such a unique place.<\/div>\n<div>There was change in leadership, on many levels.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is a scary thing when a leader takes his own agenda and pushes it at any cost.  Now we are paying that price.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We said goodbye to one of the pillars of our schools.  It has been a hard transition.  I was busy mourning this loss wondering how we would recover.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I remember this man saying,  &#8220;Our school&#8217;s face should not be centered around one person.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Yet it was and how right he was.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Yet while I spent a year with my head buried in the sand&#8230; life went on.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I made the discovery that change means different.  Different does not have to mean bad.  Just different.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So as new leadership has come into place&#8230; I realize that it all good.  It just means embracing the change.  It means being open to the change.  It means fostering all those things that are important to me&#8230; fellowship and community.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Our new principal is different than the former. He brings with him unique gifts and skills that will add to our school. \u00a0 I had to just \u00a0wrap my head around the fact that that isn&#8217;t here nor there&#8230; it is all good.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I realize that we need to give him the support and encouragement that fosters success for him as well as our school.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, I see this year as a new beginning of sorts all around.  I am excited and full of many ideas.  I am looking forward to being part of my old committee and being adventurous and joining a new one. Yikes!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I can&#8217;t wait!  I am looking forward to being back were I am part of a unique group of people.<\/div>\n<div>I am looking forward to making new friends and memories.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What I learned is that you can&#8217;t stop change. You can whine about it&#8230; but it doesn&#8217;t change anything.  Yet you can embrace change and be a part of it.  It is all good.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As I open myself to embracing the change, I have met people that are wonderful and simply need to be given a chance to be part of a successful change.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So here&#8217;s to a new beginning&#8230; change and being part of the change!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change! It is a word that can cause all sorts of discombobulation to a soul! Over the past couple of years our school has had to go through significant changes. It has changed the essence of our school. 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