Transformation

I can be incredibly hard on myself, especially about change. I intellectualize an issue and assume that a transformation of behavior, thought patterns, and emotions will be instantaneous.  Spoiler alert - that isn’t how it works. Change is gradual, difficult, and freeing. So I offer this to myself and to you as well -  Nature is our guide. 

Does a maple shame itself for the last leaf hanging from its bare branches? 

Does a tadpole think “Geez! I know I'm supposed to be a frog, why isn’t this tail gone?”

Does a seed tucked in the right deep earth think- “Get it together and be a flower already dammit!”

I feel like I’m finally moving out of stage two and moving into stage three!

Where are you?

Transformation is damn hard and nothing changes overnight.  

I often remind myself, sometimes every 5 minuets, to be like the sapling in the forest. I can soak up nutrients and receive the light as I grow, change and transform into the giant Redwood I am becoming. This takes a lot of compassion, because we are so used to comparison. But the butterfly can’t see and frankly doesn’t give a damn about what is happening in the chrysalis next to it and neither should we.

You are worthy of change. You are worthy of transformation. You are worthy of growth. You are worthy of compassion, always!

His work is in my, to be read pile