Deeply embracing change isn’t comfortable. It’s nerve-wracking, confusing, frustrating, sad, and maddening. Changing things, or wanting them to change, can make us feel anxious, worried, helpless, and hopeless.

Letting go of the need to make things ok and not micromanaging the process allows the change process to actually happen, and usually results in more depth, clarity, and possibility. It takes work to not just jump in and try to fix our discomfort immediately. It’s often harder work to not perpetuate old patterns.

The pause is often mightier than the action.