Let’s just face it-new beginnings are hard. Change has a way of revealing our true character, and sometimes that person is ugly. In dealing with some of my life’s current changes, I have come face to face with parts of me that I was certain had died with my old self! Changes force us out of our comfort zones, removing us from the status quo and thrusting us headlong into the unknown. In our culture, we try to dress up “change”. We attempt to make changes more tolerable by attaching labels and slogans to them. Now, instead of making difficult changes, we make “fresh starts” and are encouraged that change does not have to intimidate us and happen quickly, but rather it begins with one step in the right direction. We make it sound so easy…afterall, it’s only one step. How hard can it be? Oftentimes our first step comes at a great cost. And the steps that follow cost just as much, if not more.