Christopher Lowell Epilogue

I got a response from the people who do Christopher's show. I'd posted a message on his forums asking for the epilogue to the show and I got it this morning in an email:

Responding to life's changes is never easy. We have this idea about how we
want our lives to go -- as if we really have control of what's coming down
the pike. We tend to look at sudden change as setbacks because it wasn't
what we had in mind. We want change as long as everything remains the same.
We complain that we're not getting where we want to go, but have no
intention of leaving where we are.

And yet our very purpose here is to grow and effect change. Life hands us
opportunity every day to make a difference. When we dismiss those
opportunities - usually because of fear of the unknown - we feel hollow.
That empty feeling turns to anger and before we know it, it's everybody
else's fault that we're not moving forward, having the life we think we
deserve.

Life can be so rewarding but let's not confuse "reward" with "comfort".
Change is often uncomfortable but necessary to helping us re-prioritize,
re-commit and redefine who we've been to leave room for the extraordinary
life we thought we'd never get. Make change! You can do it!

That's pretty damn inspiring. And true, to boot.