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作者:理查德·R. Russey

Transition and change are embedded in our DNA (think cell division), 以及我们的外部世界, 无论是个人还是职业. 我们知道这个, 然而，就像变化一样真实和持续, 我们经常把它当作不受欢迎的入侵者, 可怕的, 甚至使人衰弱.

会发生改变

We don’t often control the changes that come our way, but we do control our reaction to it. 认识到并接受我们一直都有 态度的选择 is to intentionally see change as an opportunity for positive benefits and outcomes. 看看变革的挑战和力量, legendary basketball player and coach John Wooden said, “失败不是致命的, 但未能改变可能是.伍登的话很有用，也很有活力, in part because they acknowledge the fact that all of us experience failure, 也许很多次, 在我们的一生中, 但这种失败本身并不致命. But he speaks powerfully about the locomotive of life as being fueled by change. 同样,一个 态度的选择 被引用了，不管有多隐晦.

So, the challenge that confronts us is how we decide to respond to the transition and change experience. Here are some positive options that may help us successfully navigate change in our own lives:

五个“态度选项” 的指导方针

1. 把你的眼睛放在地平线上. It’s easier to navigate the unexpected bumps and detours, 甚至是主要的路障, when you are looking ahead and keeping your focus on the big, 长期的图片. Your destination (and you should have one in mind) can provide an effective antidote to the all-too-frequent transitions you’ll be challenged with in your personal and professional lives. It’s easy to spend time in the weeds—entangled by the minutia of day-to-day detail—and forget, 事实上, that there exists a more global perch from which to view your world, and how every piece (including the bumps and detours) fit together with purpose.
2. 永远要有备用计划. 无论是工作场所的剧变, 失业:失业或换工作, 失去所爱的人, 或者其他的过渡, 有个备用计划总是好的.“记住, 如果你没有别的指望的话, you can assuredly count on change being a constant in your life, 在大大小小的方面. 所以，“如果……我该怎么办?”?是一个很有价值的练习. 如果没有别的，它会弯曲你的 态度的选择 Think of this as your personal “emergency preparedness plan,” your well-considered toolbox of resources and actions you may employ should you need to in reaction to a life-changing experience. Think broadly as you develop your plans: how they will help sustain, 培养, 指南, 并在面部变化时激励你, 挑战, 还有众所周知的坎坷之路.
3. 保持你的身心健康. This can be particularly challenging if the change you’re experiencing is not one you sought or desired. 然而, it is critical to the survival and positive attitude of individuals, 团队, and 组织s (schools) to maintain a strong sense of individual or 组织al identity. This requires a frequent (almost moment to moment) “weeding” of the mental and emotional garden of thought. It has been said that we humans have literally tens of thousands of individual thoughts per day. And, astoundingly, even when times are good, many of them are negative self-talk. So, the challenge to be “relentlessly positive” is a great and serious one indeed.
4. 建立桥梁和网络. 如果你幸运的话, you have many bridge options to walk above the troubled waters you may be experiencing. 然而, all too frequently we are rewarded for “going it alone” and for demonstrating “self-starter” qualities. Fine in good times, not so helpful when what you really need to do is reach out to others. 请求援助之手, 或建议, or a compassionate ear is not weakness—it’s a strength of character that allows people to express their vulnerability. Are you being assigned to a different grade level to teach? Are you moving to a new room in your school, or perhaps to a different school? Engage your network of colleagues to help you navigate the transition. Everyone has had the experience of needing a supportive person during a challenging time.
5. 生活，爱，笑. 它是必不可少的 态度的选择 运用笑的力量. Norman Cousins taught us this many years ago in his groundbreaking work, 疾病的解剖:病人的感知. In the many years since his first books were written, scientific studies have confirmed what he taught us: that there is real, 疗愈, 笑声的治疗因素. 找到能让你微笑的事情, 更好的是, 让你放声大笑, and you’ll be well on your way to a much healthier approach to the 挑战 of change and transition.

当事情变得艰难时, 它肯定会时不时地这么做, it might be a good idea to keep this quote by Robert C. Gallagher说: 改变是不可避免的——除了自动售货机.”

Let’s go into our work for this new school year with vigor, 兴奋, 也许同样重要的是, the flexibility and understanding that change is the only constant there is, 它可以是具有挑战性的，也可以是令人振奋的!

理查德·罗素(理查德。.russey@apsva.us), 阿灵顿教育协会的成员, teaches visual arts at the Montessori Public School of Arlington.