A Teaching:
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
Maya Angelou
A Truth:
Change. It’s hard, it’s messy, and it’s often painful. So, it makes sense why we exquisitely evolved humans resist change so fiercely.
Here’s what I’ve learned about embracing the fear of change:
It took me being brought to my knees in brokenness and misery to be willing to surrender to change. To acknowledge that “my plan” for life hadn’t ever worked and wasn’t ever going to work. And that if I wanted lasting peace and joy then something had to change: me.
It hasn’t been pretty. I didn’t wake up one day in a state of bliss. My ego has struggled and groaned and fought change every step of the way. And continues to do so . . .
I haven’t emerged from my cocoon yet, and I understand I may not in this lifetime. And I surrender to that, too.
A Take-away:
So what’s the point of surrendering to the challenges of change if that too is painful? Because that’s what we’re here for. If you want to know your real purpose in life, here it is: Wake Up!
I don’t think we have to suffer to wake up to who we really are, but that seems to be the way with most people. Not all people, but most people. For me, waking up has given me clarity and insight I didn’t have before. It proves to me on a daily basis that everything I judge in someone else or the world is really a false belief within myself.
I’ve seen the wizard behind the curtain. I know that my thinking mind is not who I really am. And that can’t ever be undone. The door to heaven (peace, joy, and love) has been opened. Just knowing the door is there is worth so much more to me than the pains of change.
Wake up and embrace change in 2022! It’s waiting for you . . .
