Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Feeling Change


This is strange but familiar feeling we all are intimate with. Sometimes we are not sure what we are feeling or we might not even be aware of the feeling as we experience it. Transition or change it has been referred to, but a more accurate description would be living. At certain moments in our lives we feel something is happening. As we board a train, step into a car, or take off on a plane we are experiencing these intimate moments of transition that are palpable. Sometimes, we are not aware enough to acknowledge these moments whether we understand why or why not they are occurring. It is these moments that we are experiencing a real moment of change in our lives in which we can actual pin point this moment as the catalyst or culmination of change. We might fail to understand the significance of these moments of change or we might not be ready or willing for this change to occur. In life when these moments come all we can do is our best to ride the wave of change. We often take these moments to reflect on the opportunity cost of our life decisions and direction. Was this the right decision? Am I choosing the right direction? we might know the answers to these questions at these moments, but life always reveals the answers with in time. Always trust your instincts and allow life to transpire from these decisions whether ultimately good or bad. Take these moments and embrace them as flashes of real living despite the conditions of the moment. In these moments we can actually feel life our destinies manifesting themselves. Often these moments bring sentiments of happiness, gratitude, and sadness all alike. These feelings are always present in these moments regardless of the type of change or where we are at in our life's journey. Wow! What amazing times I just realized I had the privilege to experience. What hurt or regret I feel for the recent decisions I have made. Regardless of how we are choosing to file these memories away we can feel them. We might be on the later of the two experiences in that we are not happy with the way certain changes or events transpired, but that is the power of these moments in which we can chose to put a positive spin on the most dismal situations. Always be gracious and decide to file these experiences away as lessons learned and this will allow us to truly grow as people. Do not harbour angst towards others for decisions they have made because everyone eventually will face their issues over and over again until we learn the life lessons we need to in order to gain the wisdom that will serve us constructively in the future. Bask in these moments of change when they are occurring. We must take these moments to appreciate the lessons we have been privileged to learn which will give us the wisdom to avoid these pitfalls in our futures. Be continually gracious for these changes and lessons for these are the moments that mould us into whom we are. "Change will not come of we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the change that we seek (Pres. Obama, Speech Feb. 5th, 2008)".

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