Changes and More Changes

This month, I thought it would be great (well, maybe not great, but necessary) to be thinking about the changes likely to come this year and get a start on emotionally processing the resistance I feel, not to mention the frustration and complaining I see happening within myself. It’s not my fault I became a widow. Well, it is my responsibility to embrace all subsequent opportunities as positively as I can. It is not anybody’s fault, “things happen”. Often life seems to happen by chance, but I do not believe it ever does.

I think we keep attracting the events that will help us grow the most. This is very positive, I believe, but not always happy or easy. We can choose to respond positively or not. These are the lessons that, when responded to well, help us the most. Each of us can reach inside and find the faith that will support what we believe to be true. Each of us can trust that conscious understanding that will carry us through.

This is what I used to say to my son in response to his challenges: “You never know”, meaning that we can’t know the outcome ahead of time, but we can affirm what we want and what we intend.

Each of us has the responsibility to find the most positive path through the quagmire and complexities of life. Each of us is better off not blaming anyone for anything that shows up in our experience or thoughts in any present moment. We are meant to know that making our way through struggle, both easy and hard, makes us stronger.

I like this quote from Anatole France: “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves. We must die to one life before we can enter another.”

Many Blessings,

Annie