"Healing Changes"
Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, remember that nothing stays the same for long. Sit it out, let it pass, let it all go---May Sarton
Change has become a friend of mine, she (change) comes in some of the most unexpected ways and times. I am not always happy to see her either, in some cases I am disappointed by the what she brings. I deal with emotions like panic, anger, frustration and sadness. This sounds all bad right... doesn't sound like a really good friend but in fact she's one of the best friends I have. A good friend challenges you to be better and to grow in ways you never thought you could. That's how I feel about change, it forces me to step up and do things that make me slightly or completely uncomfortable.
I remember visiting the infamous Unity Christian Fellowship Church in Chicago with a close friend, she was a member at the time. The preacher gave an incredible sermon on change and afterwards my understanding of it was forever altered. He compared the difficulties of change to the creation of glass and how sand must be put into the "fire" to become a clear sheet. In order to mold or shape it, air has to be blown into it. That air was compared to the "breath of God" being blown into you to create something beautiful but first you have to go through the fire.
Before hearing that sermon I had done many practices on forgiveness, meditation, thankfulness and yet I was still having a hard time accepting some of the changes that were being made in my life. I was also struggling with events of my past, when you experience loss or pain it's hard to believe that these things "had" to happen to help you grow. For some reason I heard his message and it resonated with my spirit. I felt almost as if he was speaking directly to me.
I didn't wake up the next day and become an advocate for change but it has helped me to accept it as a necessary step. Change doesn't just take place to move you from bad situations to good but sometimes it's to move you from good to great! When things get good often we just want them to stay just as they are because we can't see over the fence but we are fully aware that things could get worse. It's what I like to call the "fear of the unknown syndrome".
When I accept change it's healing in so many ways. Of course at the mention of it I do experience all those emotions I mentioned but once I truly accept it it's like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I can move forward confidently. I begin to think positively about the event and what it will bring into my life as instead of what I have lost. I am less anxious and even get a excited about what's ahead. Welcoming change allows you to seek opportunities in what may look like failure to others while fighting it keeps you in a very emotional and irrational state.
Make change a friend of yours so that your can experience her healing and lessons. You'll be better, stronger, wiser and more confident because of it.
