Saturday, November 2, 2013

Seasons of Change

Watching, as if overnight, the colors change on the trees that surround us here, has my mind pondering change. Even the word evokes a sense of anticipation, excitement, progress, OR a sense of fear, doubt, failure.
Change is like breath...in reality, it is the only thing that we can count on. Change is going to happen, with or without us. Things change, people and circumstances come and go.
Life doesn't stop for anyone. It moves very fast. It rushes from calm to chaos in a matter of seconds. All of us can find ourselves standing on a threshold, the crossing of which will seemingly change everything. We cannot stand in that place of in-between, unable or unwilling to go backwards, but too afraid to move forward.
Don't know about you, but I have had so many pivotal threshold moments!
...moments where I must wear my truth.
...moments of walking away from the familiar and into the unknown.
...moments of acceptance, of letting go and allowing things to be the way they truly are.
...moments of forgiveness.
...moments of enduring the betrayal of fake friends.
...moments of respecting others and judging less.
...moments of no longer fighting fire with fire.
...moments of peace, of resolve...finding diamonds instead of seeing coal.
...moments of Grace, of Faith...those endure forever!
Funny, even as I sit and write these very words, I struggle and don't want to create a reflection of myself, yet....for me, change represents growth.
My growth! My truth!