No one steps into the same river twice for it is not the same river and they are not the same person…everything flows…nothing stands still…nothing endures but change. Heraclitus
I am continually striving to be okay with change, knowing that the only certainty in life is change. I don’t always do so well but it is something I continue to work towards. Truthfully, if I could do it my way, I want to decide when things will change and when they won’t. In reality, life just isn’t like that.
Even when we think we are doing things the way we have always done them, circumstances around us are changing. People we depend on are maturing or grieving. Attitudes-ours and other's-are evolving, fears are escalating. We have so little control over the world around us. All I can hope to control even a tiny bit is me and that is often difficult.
Over the past few months I have found myself using a new mantra…. ”Just let go. I already have everything I need.” With this mantra I am trying to let go of what I cannot be in control of and look instead to the gifts and skills I already possess. I really do have all that I need to live a full life. The world in which I am swimming is holy. With this mantra I strive to see the holiness and connectedness and let go of fear.
May we connect with the divine in each person we meet and the creative gifts of the divine embodied in each new challenge. And may we remember to look in the mirror and recognize the holy in ourselves as well.
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