It has been said that there are only two constants in life: change & breath. Change is, like it or not, most often out of our control where as our breath is almost always with in it. I feel like the vast majority of my posts are about change. For a stubborn prairie girl thinking of change as a constant makes it the norm, makes it grounded and stable. The seasons rotate through their cycles, the skies change from grey chinook arch to cerulean sky and back again. No day, no month, no year is the same and yet it is predictable that this will be the case, always.
I have a checklist of change that I go through when tallying the year. How many cities have I lived in: looks like 5 in 4 years if everything pans out, how many organizations have I held roles in: 3 in 3 years - contracts included of course!, how many addresses: 6 since 2011. This doesn't take into account degrees, courses, relationships, friendships and everything else that makes this worth it. Change happens all the time, more often than I think any of us would like to admit. There have been times where I've resisted it, handled it badly or worse, pretended it wasn't happening. This had caused me anxiety, stress and sometimes just inertia. It's never been productive and seems to just delay the change and the benefits that come from it but never really helps elevate any of the feelings of misgiving.
Danielle LaPorte says "it is better if you enjoy it" this goes for money, sex, work, and anything else life throws at you. She also says "it's all energy". This resonates with me in the way that some of my other life training has. Where Landmark says "life is meaningless and empty" and that you get to decide what and how things have meaning, yogic texts discuss non-attachment, to me "it's all energy" serves the same purpose. No matter what change comes into our lives it is all just energy and it is how we choose to interpret that energy, how it serves us, that is the real outcome. Change is going to happen, sometimes it will be all consuming and sometimes it will be the seemingly insignificant things that add up or hit us when we least expect them to, but it is always there. I am nervous and excited for the upcoming changes in my life, a new role, new organization, maybe new place to live, and this time I am going to like by Danielle's words and breathe.
I have a checklist of change that I go through when tallying the year. How many cities have I lived in: looks like 5 in 4 years if everything pans out, how many organizations have I held roles in: 3 in 3 years - contracts included of course!, how many addresses: 6 since 2011. This doesn't take into account degrees, courses, relationships, friendships and everything else that makes this worth it. Change happens all the time, more often than I think any of us would like to admit. There have been times where I've resisted it, handled it badly or worse, pretended it wasn't happening. This had caused me anxiety, stress and sometimes just inertia. It's never been productive and seems to just delay the change and the benefits that come from it but never really helps elevate any of the feelings of misgiving.
Danielle LaPorte says "it is better if you enjoy it" this goes for money, sex, work, and anything else life throws at you. She also says "it's all energy". This resonates with me in the way that some of my other life training has. Where Landmark says "life is meaningless and empty" and that you get to decide what and how things have meaning, yogic texts discuss non-attachment, to me "it's all energy" serves the same purpose. No matter what change comes into our lives it is all just energy and it is how we choose to interpret that energy, how it serves us, that is the real outcome. Change is going to happen, sometimes it will be all consuming and sometimes it will be the seemingly insignificant things that add up or hit us when we least expect them to, but it is always there. I am nervous and excited for the upcoming changes in my life, a new role, new organization, maybe new place to live, and this time I am going to like by Danielle's words and breathe.
