Change the World!

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!