Personal Change

Personal change is generally triggered rather than chosen.

 

Change does not tend just to happen but is triggered or encouraged by some stimulus. Generally, people ‘change’ because one or more of the following produces a desire and a determination to act:

 

1.      A major life transition (parenthood, midlife crisis, etc.). 

 

2.      A sense of boredom or dissatisfaction with life. 

 

3.      A recognition that something is broken and needs to be fixed. 

 

4.      A desire for the ‘rewards’ that come with change. 

 

5.      A crisis/shock produces impetus for action.

 

  --- J Gary Millar, Changed Into His Likeness: 

A Biblical Theology Of Personal Transformation. 2021.