Hopefully you ae one of those people who has a job you just love.  You have friends at work, the business is strong and growing and the corporate culture supports employee growth and new ideas are always welcome.  You know what I am talking about, those great places that get featured on the Discovery Channel where your dog sits happily at your feet in your spacious cubicle and your children play at the on site child care center.

But if you are like many people, your job is less than ideal.  The business may be very affected by the mortgage crisis and there is talk of lay offs or your boss may be one of those people who yells to get his/her point across.  Perhaps you work long hours and see no way out because of age or you feel you can’t replace your salary.

Maybe you are living in an impossible situation in a place where you may not feel safe let alone edified.  Perhaps you feel trapped in relationship that is no longer worth saving.  Your life just seems to be one very long, sad tunnel and you go through the motions because you don’t know what else to do, or you don’t have the money or energy to change things.

For all those impossible situations you may be facing there are solutions.  They may not be easy or comfortable and in some cases may require you to reach out to others, but solutions do exist.  Change takes courage and ingenuity but staying in an impossible situation because you fear change is not a good enough reason to suffer through something that may never get better.  Start by looking at your options, even if you don’t feel they really exist, write them down and then pick one and start pursuing it.  See where a little change can lead you.

It is always best to make changes to impossible situations yourself.  Staying in an impossible job or relationship until it changes for you puts you at a disadvantage.  Taking the initiative to change the problem areas of your life puts you in the drivers seat.  Why not look for a job while you are still earning an income?  You can take your time and choose what you want, where you want it and look stronger to potential employers because you are still working.

Not everything bad in your life can be fixed at the snap of your fingers and we all have impossible situations that cripple us.  But there are solutions if we put the effort into finding them.  Change can be your best friend, as long as you are in control of it.