The more you know how to adapt to change, the more you train your mind to see it everywhere.
[As published in West Palm Beach Magazine's Winter 2021 Print Edition]
Some people hate change. Not Allison Boettcher. She opened the Blue Mountain Coffee House at 540 Clematis Street just a few months before the pandemic hit our shores in 2020. She let her story captivate her thoughts and did not allow herself to grow despondent, to doubt, to worry about financial losses; not even to be bothered by the uncertainty of it all.
The sweet aroma of her Blue Mountain coffee soothed her nerves and she opened the door to her shop to welcome a new, crisp morning. Her late grandmother Doris back home in St. Andrew, Jamaica, would have done the same, she thought. And in those moments in which change reigns, Boettcher realized that it is true what people had always said about her: She’s a tough woman. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Change is in her nature; it’s a reality she’s learned to lean into no matter how difficult the world around her is. And why not? Change is a reality. Read more.