If anything has been evident of everything that has not been in the past six or seven months, it has been the fact that I have had to endure a lot of change to this point and now I will have to move forward with many recent changes that bring forth unknown expectancy. I am beginning to realize that not everything in this world is going to be here for ever and that there are times change must be accepted to continue a good life.

It can be hard for me to imagine the numerous changes that have occurred in the past six to seven months and how well I have been able to embrace them smoothly. These were no small feats, workplace moves, changes in the ways I get to day service and work and there is so much more on the horizon that I am going to have to be willing to accept if want to endure life as I do now.

Many autistic people do not do well with change and for the longest time I was no exception to that. Enduring the substantial changes of the past seven months directly after coming off a mental health relapse was no easy feat, but I knew it was a necessity if I wanted to be able to do the things that I want and live the life that I desire.

Sometimes, there is a need to put the reservations that I have about doing things that seem uncomfortable to me aside and see the potential of what doing things in a different or new way may bring to the situation at hand. Expecting things to be continually the same is something that is never guaranteed. I have had to learn the necessary skills to be less rigid and more flexible with the reality of that and be willing to accept new things and see how they work out before allowing my anxiety to overtake my brain and flee from something that may seem concerning to me.

Being able to realize that I am less than what my emotions allow me to believe is a big step in realizing that I need to stay focused on being more flexible and focused towards embracing necessary changes even if my brain does not want me to. I can only focus on things that I can control and that is by taking care of me and being my best self, focusing on what is needed for me to have the life that I need to have.

It is allowing me to see that change can be a good thing if I allow myself to embrace it and give things a chance to work themselves out. Nothing in life is perfect and when changes happen, they are not going to be either. Things are going to happen that are going to be out of your control and it is going to have to make you go with the flow of things where the need to be flexible will be necessary. Sometimes, the changes that you think will be the worst thing ever could be the best things that could ever happen to your life if you allow them to work themselves out. I am one that has allowed tremendous changes to happen during the past seven months and they have proved themselves to be some of the best things to happen to me. Just be kind to yourself along the way and things for sure will work themselves out.