Embracing Life's Fragility
If there's one thing in life that's constant, it's change.
If there's one thing in my life that I've had constant discomfort with its . . .you guessed it, change.
I'm a routines type of person. I prefer a schedule even if it's just a loose one and my days, Monday through Friday, are pretty much scheduled out from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed. The comfort I get from knowing what's to come has always been something that has helped me manage stress and feel less overwhelmed and prepared.
My job tends to be unpredictable and to keep my sanity I try to be as organized as possible at all times. This is surely my method of trying to control what's happening in my life.
I've learned lately though, that despite my good intentions to be prepared for whatever may come my direction, that pressure in itself is a source of stress for me. So, I've decided to take a more fluid approach to life. I've decided to let things, experiences, people, and emotions come in and out of my life without needing to have control over them.
Scary right? No one likes to let go of loved ones, blunder away great opportunities, or miss out on special emotions. . . but we must learn, myself included, that impermanence is a part of life and in order to thrive, we must grow comfortable with change.
It's the fragility and brevity of the morning sunrise that captivates us most is it not? It is ephemeral, transient, momentary. . . fleeting even. And it's the idea that if we're not paying attention, we could miss it because the sky changes and transforms so quickly. We never know when the sun will fully rise and it is the freedom of the not knowing, that keeps us coming back each morning.
Our appreciation of things, people, places. . . is because of our awareness of their transient nature. Things can change in an instant and I'm always trying to remind myself that's perfectly ok. We should relish the goodness, the experiences, the interactions while we have them, but we shouldn't be so caught up in them and fearful of change that it derails our lives when something doesn't go as it always has.
Life is full of so many wonderful experiences to be had, journeys to embark on, people to meet and emotions to be feel there's no sense in stressing out or getting hung up when things don't go exactly as planned. Life's fragile and to fully soak it all in we must be ready for change, flexible and open to a world of possibilities.
Light, Love & the Highest Vibrations,
Lon
