Don't change the play -It's working .....

Whew! Fall season has arrived and I am sure many of you are going full steam ahead! Cleaning closets, hearts, and planners as you move schedules and agendas from summer to fall. We are very aware that new seasons often call for new things but what if I told you, you don’t always need new things? Because what you are doing or have done in the previous season is already working for you!

What I am learning as I grow is that people have an unhealthy relationship with change. While it remains inevitable sometimes everything around you can change but you can be called to continue as you were, and that’s when things get a little wacky for most. For many, it feels like they need to be doing something different in all new seasons because it is what they have always done or because the internet and people around them who also have the unhealthy urge are changing as well. It is a vicious cycle that some way, somehow must be broken so that all who desire can live in truth and be the best version of themselves as possible in every season.

Now before you get too carried away this is not a hall pass to stay stagnant or function in a low place or continue bad habits, negative thinking or live in a sunken place, so if that is you and you know you need to make some CHANGES , (looking you in the eyes) MAKE THE CHANGE! Not because it is a new season or a new month but solely because YOU need to and YOU know wholeheartedly that you have not been functioning in FULL BLOOM. Water yourself, add the medicine, take the walk, and get the sunlight because it is time for the flower in you to grow in the off season! I do not know who that piece was for, but you do!

Now back to the rest of you overachievers, comparison ambassadors, and internet masterclass attendees what this is to say to you is that all seasons do not call for YOU to physically do something NEW or change the play! Sometimes what you are doing is WORKING and you do not even see it yet. I urge those of you who are sitting at the intersection of doing a NEW thing or sitting in the sanity of the SAME thing in a new season to truly sit with your thoughts , the urge and triggers associated with your NEED or desire to DO SOMETHING and be honest with yourself before you make another move.

What I know from personal experiences is that often times what we are already doing is already moving the needle but we jump ship so prematurely that we never give it the time it needs to mature and be the change we go searching for in the new area, new job, new relationship, new opportunity or idea.  What if you did nothing in this season but nurture what you already have? Nurture the dream or idea he gave you the first time that you did NOT run full speed with? What if you took better care of the house, you have now rather than pressing and praying for a NEW address? (Help us Jesus) or even the body that we have, what have you done with the one you have but researching surgeons for a new one…. (another subject for another day, lol) but you get where I am going here. The JUMP to NEW is crazy when you have been given an opportunity to keep pressing with what is already working out for you! I am personally the queen of innovation I have a BROWN BOOK of 10+ years of ideas and business concepts down to executions, but I dare not change the play on what GOD has me walking in today unless he says SO!

Yes – take the risk , try your hand at all the things but if you are in a place where no change is needed and you can simply work to IMPROVE your methods and pain points around what you have going on , then please do that rather than start another NEW THING.

How do you know which category you are in?

If you cannot figure out what to do NEXT, then that is a clear indication that there is something currently in your hands that needs work! See when it is time for something NEW, it is clear, and everything points in the direction of the NEW thing. It will be an overwhelming push towards the direction of the NEW thing. When you feel as though you are trying to force an idea, opportunity or produce something, that is all YOU and flesh led. But when its IN YOU, and it is TIME to do it … it is clear, and you will no longer be sitting at a greenlight not knowing which way to turn. Then my friends do you lean into the new and change …. Otherwise, I urge you to put your all and drive according to the direction you have already been given and make it a beautiful ride! It is already working; you just must keep working it!

For example, I want to change my GYM play sooooo bad but it is clear I don’t need to change the play I simply need to IMPROVE pieces of the play already in motion and there is an area in your life where I am sure you need to do the same! Stay the course ,Get focused but please CHANGE only if you need to! (Only you know where you are)

In Sisterhood,

R. Rene’