embracing change

Here we are in November, experiencing CHANGE. The leaves have changed, yet again. Branches are bare and exposed. Routines, outdoor activities, outer wear as we transition from flipflops to boots, meals and food in general and even the time has changed. The light has changed and icreasingly becomes darker, drawing us further and further within for the next little while. With all this change around us, extrernally, it is nearly impossible to go on without noticing the changes brewing within. How do we embrace these changes? Anxiously or willingly?

I have a big box of "winter stuff", as a family of five the task of getting it out seemed daunting and really I wanted to put off sorting it as long as possible. Then I thought, wouldn't we all be more comfortable if we were warm and our stuff was cleaned and put in its proper place? Of course! So I got out the box, made it as much fun as I could with the kids trying on this or that to see what fit who, while we discussed our upcoming winter adventures. In batches I washed and put our things away. Now I feel so much better, and more prepared and  I can enjoy the reality of November and pending winter. Simple. So what is the point of writing this? Well, what if I dealt with inner change and therefore life changes the same way? What if I didn't avoid it, what if I enjoyed the process? What if I arrived at my desired destination prepared and excited?

We all know that we manifest our own lives, that our current reality is shaped by our own thoughts and desires. I can remember times where I would think of my reality  as it was and then imagine a future reality with new desires, ideas feelings and dreams. Because I could imagine it with clarity I almost expected to arrive there as though by magic, hopping from one reality to the next. When really, in order to get there a lot of things must change. Obviously. How we deal with change is part of the journey, at least thats how I used to look at it. I thought it was a means to an end, just something to get thru while getting somewhere else. Now I realize that change IS the journey. I take full responsibility for my desires for change and now with this shift in perception of the changing itself I hope to meet it like a big exciting box of "winter stuff!"

hmmm....