ch. ch. ch. changing ...

It is inevitable

It is inescapable

It may even be un-run-away-from-able

absolute. set in stone. concrete. eternal.

Change - we cannot do anything but!

from the moment of conception, where we changed from sperm and egg into (eventually) THE most beautiful creature on the planet, (ask your mum, she will confirm ...) ...change is what it was ALL about

two cells. four cells. eight. sixteen ....I don't need to go on - because you know the story.

out we popped, and suddenly our lungs and skin and mouths and nostrils all had new tasks. we changed from foetus to squealing little darlings

darlings that could not get anywhere without help. for a while.

we changed that, too

up onto knees. then feet. then onto bikes and into cars. aeroplanes were next on the list for some.


all the time, changing.

from being incapable of verbally expressing what we wanted or required, to being (in most cases) fairly articulate

and as time marched on, we changed our minds. we changed our friendships. we changed from living at home with mum and dad, to moving onto and into a different relationship with others and the world.

we change our jobs. we change from loving some food and drink, to loving other options and discarding some previously adored taste preferences

as we age, our skin changes. the hair changes colour, or disappears entirely. we wrinkle up like little prunes - unless we are super lucky

and yet, when change appears on our horizon, we embrace the fear of it. anything that challenges our comfort zone, gets us whizzing into a frothy spin.

I wonder why that is? when change is the only constant in our lives, why is it that it can hold (or at least, seem to hold) such power and authority over us

perhaps, as a society, we could view change as an awesome chance to review the way things are

perhaps, as a society, we could encourage each other to embrace change

I know for sure that I love change - when I am the orchestrator of it. when I choose the music and conduct the orchestra

my furniture gets dizzy from being moved from one room to another, or across the room to the other side.

but I also know, that like me, when change happens that seems to come from outside of us, we panic. mildly or violently - there is a scale of the anxiety it brings - but not all of us have the skills to embrace ALL change.

and, rather than wondering why it is that change brings some level of anxiety, perhaps it is better to wonder - how we can embrace it more readily

we have become (gosh, I am excellent at generalisations) a consumer society that buys and discards things so readily. but our beliefs and traditions and more importantly, the negative things we have heard people say about us or to us, we hang onto those things as if our lives depend on it

when really, our lives may well depend on letting go, instead ....

let's find the way to accept the challenge that change brings, and learn to orchestrate how we choose to feel about the changes

because, for me, that is where the power lies -in how we see it, and how we feel about it and how we choose to deal with change

because, change is part of being here on Earth. our life on this planet is ALL about change........