Inspiring Words 4 Upward Living

Inspiring Words 4 Upward Living

Is change good or bad? How to Survive and Thrive When Life Changes

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Fleda Wright-Bennie
Apr 18, 2025
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A beautiful sunset view from the farm.
Change Brought This Spectacular Change to Me. Taken from the Farm I never knew I would live on.

Life isn’t fair.

It never has been and never will be.

Sometimes, it seems it has a mind of its own, and we feel we have no control.

While it’s true that we can’t control unexpected, unwanted changes, we can control our reactions.

Change happens, and we can’t stop it, but finding something positive can happen if we choose to change our perspective.

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When you’re on Social Security and suddenly lose your spouse, your income is immediately cut in half.

When it happened to me, it meant many things.

  1. Grieving my loss.

  2. Working three jobs to keep going.

  3. Realizing I had to sell my house because I couldn’t make the payment.

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