My beloved
readers,
after experiencing
a time of prosperity and abundance abroad, after the last grain in my hourglass
of dreams had dropped—I must say—it took me a while to fathom that I had
returned to where I came from after reaching out into the world, returned after
a life-changing adventure, after which I eventually found myself in that very
place where my leap had once begun: at home! And I knew that a new old life
would await me, newness in an old realm, a transition winding like a labyrinth,
new chaos in an old order; thrilling, comforting, yet frightening it felt, a
time of change was hanging from the ceiling, just above my head, descending
toward a spirit that seemed so steadfast, invincible, so firm. But all of a
sudden I realized that time had passed, faded, and change was waiting for me, for
a man who would have never anticipated how prodigious change can be…a thing to fear? Apparently, as the American novelist
Stephen Chbosky writes: “[T]hings change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop
for anybody.”
Time does not stop, and things will change; but doesn’t ‘change’ also
imply that something new lies ahead? Doesn’t
‘change’ mean that something old has vanished and departed for something new to
arise, to take over? Isn’t ‘change’ also an opportunity in which we can grow
and bundle up all our experiences, all we have learned in order to kindle a new
passionate fire not only in our lives
but especially in those of others? As frightening as change can be in our
lives, bear in mind that it also holds the power to lead oneself and his or her
surroundings into a new realm, a new era, a new life in which changes are not
only the cause but also the effect, an opportunity in which you can be a leader and lead to change.
Moreover, change can be an opportunity for us to grow within ourselves, have us
grow out of our past experiences, our
past lives up to new heights, to a new peak, for there are other mountains to
climb, other goals in sight, and higher rewards to achieve. Things change…walk
upright, and change things!
In the
previous post I talked about dreaming and believing, two components that form
and strengthen your spirit, but once you are
strong in mind and spirit you can persist where others perish, where others
lower their heads you ascend your eyes to the heavens, no…where others bow down
you rise, not only in times of change, not only in your life, but out of
yourself where you can throw yourself out into the tidal waves of a new life, a
new path and time in your life, in which your true self can be exposed, the
strength that hold together an invincible, steadfast, and firm spirit that indeed no one and nothing can force to
stumble, fall, or drown in the malice of our lives. Change is the momentum of
life, an inevitable force that keeps our world spinning…and life does neither
stop for you, nor for me or anyone else who buries his or her head in the sand.
The thing in life, however, we can
stop is the reverent and effusive way we bring forth when approaching change
with fear…and once we are able to stop this anxiety we can expose our true
selves and grow out of ourselves as those who can and will rise, whenever, wherever,
anywhere…and any time.
“The only
way that we can live is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we
change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can
learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if
we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself” (C. JoyBell C.). The
‘open’ is the, is our world out there, which is not necessarily the one from
where I returned, neither is it necessarily the one where you came from…but the
‘open’ is the world we find ourselves in every day, where we are present every
single day to not observe and accept but implement changes.
When things
change walk upright, grow out of yourself where you can eventually expose what
dreaming and believing has done to your spirit…rise, and shine…and change
things while things change, and never yield, for it is in your hands to bring order
out of chaos…and it is in your heart to lead and change the world. Bring
changes, because if you won’t do it there may be no one else!
