Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

Change does happen, in fact it is arguably the only constant in our lives. We know that our bodies will change as we age, or as we become more fit or unfit. We know our ideas and thoughts about relationships, careers, and interests can change as we develop or are impacted or influenced. We change all the time. When I was a child, I hated mustard with a passion. If I ordered a hamburger at a fast food place, and they accidentally put mustard on it, oh boy, send that baby back, pronto. 

The point is adaptability. The reasonable exercise in flexibility of  our mental faculties means everything! It’s the difference between being happy or miserable. I think back to the days when I cleaned the house and ran errands for an elderly woman for ten years. “Adele, how did you make it all these years and through the depression era?” She said, “You have to adapt to the changes around you.” Meaning let things be, they are after all, going to change. Trees don’t live forever, rivers don’t flow forever, people don’t live forever, the planet itself has been in constant change vacillating  between dry, tropical, and moderate or rainy climates longer than we know. 

The goal is that while we are conscious on this planet, we can flourish on this planet, it just takes some understanding and curiosity. This is changing. Not sudden, not perfect, but steady. And it begins the moment we choose curiosity over fear!

Change happens… 

when we stop running from our pain and start getting curious about it.

It happens when insight meets safety.

When old survival patterns get seen, named, and challenged.

When we feel just supported enough to try something new.

When we realize we don't have to do it alone.

Change is not always dramatic. Sometimes it’s subtle. A shift in how you speak to yourself.

Or how you breathe before answering.

It’s cumulative, nonlinear, but most importantly, it’s possible.

Change becomes noticeable when…

Life starts to feel a little lighter.

You notice your reactions instead of getting swept away by them.

You pause before the spiral. You breathe differently.

Your relationships begin to shift-- not because everything around you is perfect, but because you are showing up more fully.

You begin to trust yourself.

You say what you mean.

You rest without guilt.

You laugh more.

You remember who you are, and you see who you’re becoming.