Walking In Low Heels

It's a brand new year, which usually doesn't change my life in a big way except growing older.  This year, I feel a bigger impact.  I'm walking into it not in high heels, but low heels.  My steps are more secure in low heels and my knees won't hurt as much!
I sense there will be changes this year.  My heart is open to them, good or bad.  Easy or difficult.  If I closed my mind and heart to accepting them, it still wouldn't change anything, so I want to be able to go with the flow.  If they are difficult, be sure I will feel the pain, but I will not live in that pain.  This is just one of the heart changes I need and will pursue.
I don't make resolutions, they just don't work for me.  Instead I have come to a place to seek and find what I should be doing with myself. It may be for the moment or it may be life changing.  I just don't want to be held in a box simply because I'm too complacent, or lazy,  to get out of it.  It could be as simple as a different haircut -oh my- or going somewhere I've never been, or who knows what else!  I am a creature of habit and that habit breeds a comfort zone where I dwell.  Have I missed something because of staying in that comfort zone?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  I just want options that will let me see.
If I seek these differences in the way I live, I must also seek a new level of tolerance, grace and encouragement for others doing the same.  Sounds simple huh?  Not really.  A person who lives such a structured life as I do, often find great difficulty in being accepting of those who don't live the same way.  But, give me a break....I finally see the light!
I have met so many wonderful friends while blogging, and they have been a part of my "eye opening" process.  I love the positive blogs, but sometimes we don't feel positive.  All that is needed is a word of encouragement.  Let's be generous with those kind words that say simply, I'm here.
Happy New year my family and friends.  A new year of grace!

~It is well with my soul