The Winds of CHANGE

 

Graciously BLOWing US

Where we need to go

Within our Self

Within the World

The WINDS of change

Fierce

Freeing

Gentle

Harsh

Warm

NOTHING stays the same

LIFE constantly flows

SOURCing

CULTIVATing

WE are Autumn leaves

Bursting colorfully

Dancing in the air

Letting go

Of familiar branches

Welcoming the new Season

READY OR NOT!

It is time

The Winds of CHANGE blow

Slightly

Swiftly

But ever-present

Ever-guiding

Pulling the rug out

From beneath our feet

Out of a life that is done

That has been LIVED

 Transitioning

New rhythms

New lyrics

New tempos

Taking us out of our comfort zones

We are kites

BRILLIANTLY at play

Adrift

Diving

Plummeting

Flying

Surrendering

Allowing

Dancing

With the skies

Every experience

Necessary

To lead us to

New songs within

READY to sing

IT is Time

IT is written

IT is scheduled

IT is life being LIVED

The mystical map of soul

Unfolding

Hatching

Bursting

Manifesting

DREAMS

PROMISES

HOPES

LIFE

At times

We want to pull

The rip cord

Control the descent

Into the UNKNOWN

The free fall

Jarring

Jolting

Terrifying

But we can’t stop LIFE

The Winds of CHANGE

Blow and blow and blow

The adventure

We call OUR life

Belongs to US

Belongs to ALL

Belongs to the ONE

Freewill

Choices

Letting go

Reaching for more

TRUSTing

SURRENDERing

SEEing the GRACE

In it ALL

More than just a day

More than just a moment

A Sacred Dance

With the WINDS

LIFE flowing

Through us

Effortlessly

We RAISE our Sails

Delighting

In the shock & AWE

THE WONDER

Of this life

This GRAND adventure

Fueled by effort & GRACE

Living the PASSION

That cannot be contained

That blazes

Burning us

In the resistance

The repression

Or burning through us

Expressing as US

Souls on FIRE for life

RIDING the winds of CHANGE

Ain’t always pretty

Ain’t always easy

And freedom comes

KNOWING:

It doesn’t have to be

BEing with it all

BEing wherever we are

The Winds of CHANGE

Bow to US

Take our hands

LOVING us fiercely

Holding us tenderly

Through the discomfort & pain

Twirling us around and around

Until the curtains on this life

Are pulled

This great expedition PLAYED OUT

The fires of this odyssey extinguished

GLORIOUSLY!

YOUR LIFE

Moment by moment

Day by day

Year after year

Lifetimes within this lifetime

YOUR STORY

Verses

Chapters

Books

YOUR hero’s journey

Temporary

Fleeting

AND

Eternal

Never-ending

BRAVO!!!

Storms literally blew through Nashville last evening and night kicking up dust, knocking down trees, shutting down electrical power, shaking up the skies, stirring energies within me and within the world.  Poetic as nature mirrored the transition, the winds of change blowing through, letting go of October and ushering in the new month of November and all that it will bring moment by moment, day by day.

This morning, the air is crisp, Autumn breezes are gentle with the sun a glow, clouds hovering above the mountains grey with tinges of purple.  What a stark contrast from last night!  Change is constant.  Sometimes less apparent, sometimes unrecognizable in the subtle transitions we experience.  Sometimes, it is harsh as the rug is ripped from under our feet, leaving us adrift until new ground is discovered and we walk grounded in new life.

Change is a topic of conversation I have within my Self, with friends and family, with those I work with one on one coaching.  Although we can all intellectualize change, speaking of it theoretically from a detached perspective that we know it is part of living and nothing can stay the same.  But it is difficult to navigate change even when we know it is necessary, even when we know it is for our highest good.  We are forced to live at a new pace in the unfamiliar which can be unnerving, uneasy and scarier than hell.  There is not one way to travel our life.  There is not a right way or a wrong way.  It ain’t always pretty as we stumble, kick, scream and crawl mustering the courage to step into the new.  Freedom comes when we recognize that it doesn’t have to be pretty, being present to wherever we are is the gift, caring for our Self through the discomfort and pain.

The invitation this day is to appreciate your hero’s journey, looking back at all the changes over your lifetime and using this evidence to muster all the strength you need to walk into the new as the winds of CHANGE blow through you and your life.  Adventures are anything but dull, surprising us with the unexpected, exhilarating us with the unpredictable.  This life is your greatest adventure, truly!  As change comes, it is essential to shift our attitude and see in those moments even when we are freaking out that opportunity is knocking, leading us into new explorations, the expedition that is our life.  Call on your ancestors who lived their own hero’s journey, who are with you in Spirit, who remind you that this life is fleeting and one day the curtains will close, this life will be extinguished.  Cheer your Self on:  Bravo!  Bravo!  Bravo! as you make your way come what may.  See with eyes wide OPEN that you are a badass no less than your personal heroes.  Celebrate YOUR LIFE appreciating the beauty revealed from all experiences especially the events you would have never wished for; appreciating with heart wide OPEN the magnificence that you are.  It is a beautiful life.  SOAK it up!