Do the same thing...

This is an excerpt from one of Kristin Armstrong's blogs...

Do the same thing you have always done and get the same things you have always gotten.

We parent the same way and expect more from our kids. We put the same old energy into our marriage and expect it to be more fulfilling. Or if we're single, we continue in our same old routine and wonder why we never meet anyone new. We work the same hours doing the same things and thinking the same thoughts and wonder why we aren't promoted. We go to the same places all the time and expect to be inspired. We eat the same things and wonder why we weigh the same and have the same lack of energy. We read, watch, and listen to the same kinds of things and wonder why we don't feel more creative. We do the same activities all the time and wonder why they aren't as fun. We get mad or frustrated by the same stuff and the same people, without ever concluding that perhaps we are the common denominator in that equation. We do the same workout, run the same routes, and wonder why we are stuck in a fitness and morale plateau. We live and love and give in the same way and wonder why we never grow.

Do you see traces of this in your life? I know I do. If we recognize it, maybe that is the first step toward stepping out? Maybe it's time to change it up, people.

Do the same thing you have always done and get the same things you have always gotten.