{"id":133,"date":"2013-10-02T07:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/?p=133"},"modified":"2013-09-30T21:05:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T05:05:30","slug":"a-change-not-wanting-change-being-a-boy-scout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/2013\/10\/02\/a-change-not-wanting-change-being-a-boy-scout\/","title":{"rendered":"A Change&#8230; Not wanting change, being a Boy Scout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_135\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PL20100619-Wolverton-6165-Edit.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135\" alt=\"Large sign of a BSA patch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PL20100619-Wolverton-6165-Edit.jpg\" width=\"677\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PL20100619-Wolverton-6165-Edit.jpg 677w, http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PL20100619-Wolverton-6165-Edit-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BSA Sign<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I did my morning sit, I reflected back on recent changes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 5 hour airplane flight \u2013 Not as bad as I remembered it being<\/li>\n<li>The leaving of a high energy minister at church \u2013 I am sad<\/li>\n<li>The business dinner that I didn\u2019t have much energy for<\/li>\n<li>The stiff body from a new bed in the hotel<\/li>\n<li>And the list goes on and on\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The take away is that I am not wanting change in my life.\u00a0 This is a big shock to me; I have always wanted change, embraced , been excited. I was the advocate for change.\u00a0 And now, I am aware that I don\u2019t want change in my life, I am comfortable, I have a wonderful wife that I spent years working on myself and looking for, I have a job that I am very comfortable working in.\u00a0 I have a nice set of friends that appreciate and accept me for who I am, warts, stars and all.\u00a0 It is the feeling sense of not wanting change that is somewhat frightening as the energy and enthusiasm of adventure has permeated my life.<\/p>\n<p>There are some things that have not changed, and I am grateful for some of these<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When the restaurant person cleared away the table at breakfast and said the mandatory \u2018have a nice day\u2019,\u00a0 and I responded by looking them in the eye and saying \u201cThank You,\u00a0 you have a good day\u201d<\/li>\n<li>I still smile as I pass them in the hall<\/li>\n<li>I still say please and thank you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can still choose to embrace change, though it takes a greater degree of consciousness, and I can be grateful that I am still a Boy Scout at heart; Trustworthy, Loyal, Friendly, Courteous, Kind,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This is something that I don\u2019t have to fret over, and more will be revealed\u00a0 (change) over time.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As I did my morning sit, I reflected back on recent changes The 5 hour airplane flight \u2013 Not as bad as I remembered it being The leaving of a high energy minister at church \u2013 I am sad The business dinner that I didn\u2019t have much energy for The stiff body from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}