New possibility is a moment for courage.
We are all unfinished business, full of potential. So clearly witnessed in children, but as adults we forget. We've already made a determination of who we are, what we are. Our propensities, our characters, feel locked. Can we be open to change in ourselves? Can we conceive ourselves as someone other than who we are at this moment?
How well do we want to know ourselves? The waters are deep; how deep do we want to go?
A seed travels the dark earth with the trust that it will emerge into the light, that the sun will be there to greet it. That it will be able to unfurl to the full intelligence it carries within. As children, we too believed in that power of trust. Return to it and we pass straight through the darkness to a new place. A place of potential. A place of growth and change. Of metamorphosis.
It's the spaces between the leaves that grant a tree its majesty, the silence between the birdsong that makes us hesitate and long for more. The moment to moment of an unfolding sunset, enriching its colours, then softening them again--this is where beauty is found.
We are all unfinished business, full of potential. So clearly witnessed in children, but as adults we forget. We've already made a determination of who we are, what we are. Our propensities, our characters, feel locked. Can we be open to change in ourselves? Can we conceive ourselves as someone other than who we are at this moment?
How well do we want to know ourselves? The waters are deep; how deep do we want to go?
Trying out novel activities, visiting new places, hanging with different people, all allow us to see the world from a fresh perspective. To see ourselves with a fresh set of eyes.
But as we move toward change, the interim can be a time of darkness and fear. We hover at the precipice of the unknown. Can we shine a light heart into that place, embracing it with a sense of adventure, the thrill of possibility? Then we return to a sense of childhood and its days of endless wonder. Of discovery.
A seed travels the dark earth with the trust that it will emerge into the light, that the sun will be there to greet it. That it will be able to unfurl to the full intelligence it carries within. As children, we too believed in that power of trust. Return to it and we pass straight through the darkness to a new place. A place of potential. A place of growth and change. Of metamorphosis.
It's the spaces between the leaves that grant a tree its majesty, the silence between the birdsong that makes us hesitate and long for more. The moment to moment of an unfolding sunset, enriching its colours, then softening them again--this is where beauty is found.
The spaces between: in potential unfolding, in change. Take a breath and jump right in.
Transform yourself.
Transform yourself.
