Right Here, Dear Loving Universe!
It snowed overnight, but not much; and, now we’ve got a foggy overcast and warmer air blowing in from the south. There’s not enough snow yet for snowshoeing.
We often tell ourselves we can’t go after what we want – because it would be too disruptive, too risky, and too dangerous; because we wouldn’t survive.
Yet, we are thrown curve balls all the time – the loss of a job, a break-up of a relationship, a scary diagnosis of us or a loved one – any painful loss or change from what we know.
Martha Beck labels these episodes as Square One in The Change Cycle (from Finding Your Own North Star). There’s no avoiding Square One. But, it’s not a punishment for doing things wrong or living a “wrong” life – it’s simply consequence of the reality that change happens.
We are programmed to idealize sameness, so we put a lot of effort and energy into trying to maintain the status quo. Eventually, though, the energy of change builds great enough to trigger a catalytic event, which can often feel cataclysmic, as well.
This event turns the life we know upside-down and inside-out in such a major way, that the only solution, ultimately, is to give up the fight for getting back the old life we’ve already lost, and to start accepting and creatively maximizing the new life we’ve received.
My point is – change happens. We weather the storm of change and, ultimately, acclimate to the “new” life we are given.
Why not, instead of feeling that these changes have been forced upon you, initiate your own change in the direction of the life you desire? Know that you will adapt and survive. Remember what you have met and overcome already, on your journey.
How much better to initiate change in service to the life you desire?
Please consider this Prompt:
Draw the timeline of your life, highlighting the moments of crisis and great change that you’ve been through. Remember the catalytic events that launched you into Square One, and the time and effort it took to find solid footing again.
For each of those events, remember something you let go of, and celebrate what came next, to take its place.
Change will happen again, Dear One. Where would you like it to take you next?
To receive what we desire, we need to make room for it by letting go of something else. Please help me choose wisely, My Dear Guides!
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