New Things

Sometimes when becoming better people we need to be opened to new things.  We need to be willing to change the things that we are not use to changing.  Its important in growth to open yourself up to different things that will expand your mind.  If your someone who doesn't try different foods, than take the time to try something new.  Try opening yourself up to a broader spectrum of music, try to get away from the norm and listen to different genre of music, instead of the same sort of music.  There's a lot of good music out there if we just decide to step out of of boxes. Some of us have a problem with doing different things in general just because we are afraid of change.  Opening ourselves up to new ideas sparks creative imaginations that we can utilize to achieve more.  For some of us we never gotten the opportunity to open our minds to new experiences, but lets make sure that our children doesn't suffer the same fate.  The more we keep them closed off to different experiences, the more we closing them out of a world that has so much to offer.  I try to make it a point to open my son up to new things whenever possible so that he's aware of the different things he can do and see. Sometimes the best motivation is knowing what you can receive if you achieve your goals.  I use to be the type of person that would only subject myself to the things that I was familiar to.  That could be because there were some things that I wasn't pushed to open up to, and it could be that I was unsure of how I would feel about it.  Once I started to open myself up to trying things that I wouldn't have tried before I started to realize the potential that was out there for me to experience.  We should encourage people more to try to take more trips more as a family and not just to amusement parks, but to museums historic locations.  Open your children up to culture and art early, they could then begin to feel like television, isn't the only interesting thing to see.  When I was younger I was taken on vacation and was able to see alot of interesting things and places, that encouraged me all my life to want to see more places.  Had I not experienced these things as a child, who knows how I would feel about it now.  Bottom line is that we need to expand our minds more than we do as people not just to be book smart, but to be aware of the things we can achieve when we do.  If you are not open to change then at least encourage your children or someone you know to be open to different things.  You never know you may find something you like.