Are you one who embraces change? Or rather despise change? Chang is inevitable. It is all around us. Our children are returning to school. Some are beginning their years as a college student. Leaves have begun to change, bursting into brilliant colors of red, amber, and of deep purple. And geese have begun their long journey ahead in miraculous formation.
I find great enjoyment in small things, such as rearranging furniture or trying out a new hair style but it's more than that. I am one who embraces change no matter how difficult it may be. In fact I find change rather as a gift. [well, most of the time.] I don't want to remain still and in one place. As one can continue on their education, I long to do the same by studying the One Book that has been sold and read more than any other book throughout the world. I want to broaden my understanding of the Bible and the scriptures of truth that lie within. To embrace and learn the lessons of how to live a life of virtue, unconditional love, and humility.
Life through change is not always easy. Author, Gail Sheehy best describes it as, "If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living." I absolutely LOVE that! Change can be down right painful at times but most likely for the best. It is in those tough moments that we can grow the most. They teach us what it is to empathize and how to relate to others. To help us become the individual that we were created to be. And if we listen closely to our Loving Creator we find insight and vision to a future yet seen.
Dear friends, as you witness the seasons change from Summer into Autumn, behold it as a gift. An opportunity to self-examine your life and to make any changes deemed necessary. For me it is to survey my heart and the things most important to me. To put down and to throw away. To be one who walks in complete honesty with myself and others. I want to be one who's word and bond is unshakable. To place all others before. To emanate a soul that is meek and pure. To continue to find joy and hope even in the darkest of days. To embrace life and all that comes along. To live as never before.
"When you're finished changing, you're finished." ~ Benjamin Franklin
