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We just put the finishing touches on our January 2011 cover story by Alison Sweeney, the host of The Biggest Loser. Change your thinking, change your life—it’s no surprise Ali believes that, considering the amazing transformations she’s seen on the show. Contestants have to change their thinking about food, about exercise, about their bodies, about themselves.
In talking to our senior editor Celeste McCauley, Ali mentioned something else people need to change their thinking on. And that’s change itself. She gets to know the contestants pretty well each season, and she’s noticed that a lot them put off making much-needed changes in their lives because they were looking for something momentous—“a big revelation or sign that they can use for a springboard.” (Like getting on The Biggest Loser.)
But change isn't always like being struck by lightning. “More often, it’s a gentle rain that slowly but surely sinks in,” Ali pointed out. Right! I think that applies not only to initiating change but also to sustaining it. Isn’t it usually a series of small signs or nudges that compels you to make a change in the first place? And isn’t it the accumulation of everyday actions, of small steps in the right direction, that lead to a lasting positive change—a momentous change—in your life?
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Amy Wong is the executive editor of Guideposts and was a founding editor of Positive Thinking. She lives in New York City with her adopted dog, Winky, a natural-born positive thinker who believes that everyone has a treat for her and every day is the best day of her life. Amy hopes to be that optimistic someday (she’s working on it!).
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Love your blog post about change...I believe there are no “accidents” and every conception and every birth is part of God’s sovereign plan, as Jeremiah 29:11 and Psalm 139:13-16 state. I believe nothing comes into my life that is not filtered through God's hands of love, and I believe Jesus always gives me what he knew I would have asked for if I knew everything he knows. I believe that God sees the end from the beginning. He knows me intimately, He knit me together in my mother's womb, one day I will see Him face-to-face and I will know as I am known...until then, I will expect a mystery. It is His plan that’s important, not my desire. I didn’t bring myself into this world, and I can’t take myself into heaven. I really don’t know what is best for me or for those I love. I train my mind to acknowledge God’s hand in whatever it is I'm living with. I practice words like, “I don’t know,” “I will trust,” “I can’t explain,” “I release it all,” because God is sovereign. He is the beginning, He will be the ending, and in between, by His grace, He lets us be part of His perfect plan, for His glory and for our good. In the meantime, I will expect a mystery.
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