I rarely get sick… but when I do… I have the habit of doing it rather spectacularly!
I’ve been under the weather for over a week now and I don’t want to be. But for now there’s not much I can do about it [except get better!] And the fact that I am writing this [at all] means I must be on the mend!
Progress!
I sometimes wonder if viruses aren’t nature’s way of slowing us down. Knocking us back into shape. And offering us the opportunity to take a breath and make a few recommended adjustments! [Grin]
Sometimes we get a bit out of sync.
We know we’re out of sync with what’s “meant to be” when life gets kind of clunky. We’re busy. We’re working. We’re doing all we can. But life’s not co-operating with the plan… [our plan!]
No surprises that there are a number of universal truths that might be at play here!
You WILL always get stuck in traffic on the one day you are late.
You WILL always get sick on the one day you miss your vitamins.
You WILL always miss the bus right before it rains.
You WILL always notice the speed camera right after you sail past the sign.
You WILL discover the hole under the arm of your favourite jumper just when you were getting comfortable in it!
You WILL only notice barking dogs crying children and the low distant thump of sub woofers when you’re sick and you’re trying to write!
You know what I mean… [chuckles]
Learning to accept what’s “meant to be” sometimes seems like the hardest thing!
But resistance is useless!
Life won’t be forced…
because Life IS the force! [grin]
Sometimes we just have to shrug and say
“For now THIS IS what’s meant to be!”
[And look for the lesson in there somewhere - grin]
Last night’s super cool giant oval orange moon – amazing eh?
John Lennon once wrote…
“Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans”
He was right.
It could just be those “other plans” that get us so unravelled…
and sometimes there is real value in letting them go!
Letting go allows “what will be” to simply BE…
and that’s [more often than not] when things just magically happen.
That’s all for now… paracetamol and back to bed!
Comments [and commiserations] gratefully received… and promptly replied to!
PS Take a look at this you tube clip. I have the DVD. Don’t you think Deepak has the most reassuringly soothing voice? (((chuckles)))
Change is the one constant in our ever changing world. We can fight it… but we will never be able to resist it’s overwhelming force.
We may slow it… by committing ourselves to a set of similar daily tasks in the hope of staving off the inevitable. But despite our best efforts… the time for change will inevitably come.
And when it does… we have a choice. We can go with the flow. Or we can resist… and cling to what we know. Resistance of course is useless… as once the fates have decided that change is on it’s way… nothing will stop the inevitable wind-out of events pre-destined to occur.
“The fates lead he who will… he who won’t… they drag” – Seneca
Have you noticed how you can feel change coming? I remember my 94 year old aunt once remarking rather dramatically…
“the winds of change cast their shadows before them”
I wondered at the time what that meant. Over the years… each time change has occurred in my life… those words have come back to me. The full impact of their meaning is now clearly etched!
You may have also noticed by now… a rather funny thing about change.
Good change is almost always slow… the kind of change we can prepare for. It usually involves plans and goals that we have set and can work toward… we call this progress.
Bad change… on the other hand… is the kind of change that “never entered our worried mind”… the kind that blindsides us at 4pm on some idle Tuesday! LOL It strikes when we are least expecting it… leaving us vulnerable and often tragically unprepared.
Fear is always at the heart of our resistance to change. That’s only natural. But change is a necessary part of life. A quick look around tells us that nothing stays the same… life is not static… and it’s not meant to be.
We need look no further than nature for a few clues. The weather changes daily… and the seasons change quarterly. Trees grow and then die. Leaves once new are then shed. Water falls from the sky and fills the creeks and watercourses… and soon they are dry again as the water finds it’s way to the sea to begin the cycle again. The beautiful butterfly that rests on that perfect flower… will only live for one day.
So I guess… the lesson for us is to get in there and live it. Accept the inevitable changes that come our way… even if we don’t particularly like the sound of them or the way they look! All is not what is seems… it seems ~grin~… so we must have faith!
“Sometimes we stare so long at the door that is closing… that we see too late the one that is open” – Alexander Graham Bell
Hindsight is a great teacher. Looking back it is only the things I didn’t do that I regret. So from here on in… I make my peace with change. I submit to the new changing pattern of my life and the events that are unmistakably unfolding… and look forward with great optimism to the future!
“One does not discover new lands without first consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time” – Andre Gide
Last night’s super cool giant oval orange moon – amazing eh?
