Constant Change

Most of us understand, at least from a big-picture perspective, that Change is Constant. When it impacts our lives personally, however (in relationships, lifestyles, abilities), it often terrorizes us. Most of us don’t like change throwing itself at us without an invitation!

When stuck in patterns of the past—whether that’s “woe is me” or “whoa, it’s me!”—we often assume that everything (good or bad) will always stay the same. We forget that transition and modification ebb and flow like the tide.

Beginnings follow closures. But, those new starts aren’t always what we want—being single again due to death or dissolution of a relationship, joblessness when least expected, or life-threatening illness despite healthy living. We didn’t anticipate those closures, so beginning anew doesn’t seem promising.

Consciousness

Consciousness is knowledge, allowing us to release the old and embrace the new with an awareness that all things of this world end. But this truth can often be acutely challenging because humans typically seek safety and stability, not change, unless it’s a deviation we invited (like a fantastic vacation).

Living fully consciously requires living intentionally in the moment—this one right now, not the one that passed two hours ago or the one that will happen at 5:00 on Friday night.

Everything we do in this life begins with some form of choice. (In your early formative years, others made most of those decisions for you—some loving and nurturing, others lonely and unbeloved). The experiences of either alternative (even the seemingly insignificant ones) impacted where you are now. In a perfect world, they would have helped you embrace the journey.

Living “unconsciously:” being led by thought patterns and emotions that create automatic responses—behaviors now so ingrained that you probably never actually think about them—robs you of the experience of choosing.

These lyrics for “Turn, Turn, Turn” were taken, almost word-for-word, from Ecclesiastes 3-9:

a time to be born, a time to die
a time to plant, a time to reap,
a time to kill, a time to heal
a time to laugh, a time to weep

By racing through life we miss so much. I’m aware of that and still, in my humanness, get caught up in the things of this world, things that don’t truly matter.

Food For Thought:

Are you afraid of the changes and “turns” that might occur? If so, can you accept that there is nothing constant except change?

What can you do today to step into conscious living? Being aware of the fragility of life isn’t a macabre perspective. It’s simply an embracing of truth.

How will you move forward, emboldened to make your life “a time for peace,” because—no matter where you are in your journey—as written in Ecclesiastes, “it’s not too late?”

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