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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS OF CHANGE

     I think we feel the rumblings of imminent change coming like a distant thunderstorm. We feel it deep inside and try to pretend that we do not. It flashes lightening and growls far away. We know there will be wind and rain and cracks of fire. Thunder will rattle the earth. And on some level, perhaps, we look forward to the storm, but another part of us wants to pretend that the sun will remain and that the coming clouds will move off in another direction.
     But when change is imminent, it's imminent. We can delay it, but we cannot pretend forever that we are going to be ok without it. We know inside what we need to do, but we are not ready to do it yet. And we happily pretend that we will not have to do it at all. And yet, what we rarely consider is the way the air feels after a thunderstorm. Generally, everything heavy and oppressive gets blown away, and the world is restored to fresh and crisp and invigorating.
     Our first responsibility is to the urging of our soul. It tells us things to keep us on our path. We must listen and trust. We can pretend we don't hear, but we do hear. We hear the rumblings deep inside, and the urgings will not cease until we honor the call.

I am honest about the call for change when it echoes within me, and I'm willing to step up and welcome the new into my life.